London: Peter Davies, (1974). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a psychological suspense story set in London - A disillusioned American journalist in London ignores a story brought him by a man later found murdered, and he starts a private vendetta against the man behind the murder. Dobyns is a prize winning poet, the author of the highly praised Saratoga detective series featuring Charlie Bradshaw as well as many stand-alone novels, both suspense and mainstream novels. INSCRIBED on the title page to the late noted collector Larry Owens. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-432028102.