Boston: Little Brown, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set on the mean streets of Trenton, New Jersey and featuring Nick Magaracz, the "poor man's Sam Spade" who continues to work for the State of New Jersey because he needs the insurance benefits for his daughter's braces. Then a simple case of inheritance tax fraud takes a deadly turn. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 154 pp. ISBN: 0-316302996.