New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in this highly praised series featuring Neal Carey, New York street kid turned reluctant private investigator. Neal is just a few months short of his master's degree and his marriage to Karen Hawley when he agrees to do his "boss" a favor by picking up an old man in Las Vegas and take him to Palm Springs, but the old man fails to tell him he's a witness to a crime and a pair of con artists are trying to kill him. SIGNED on the title page. 198 pp. ISBN: 0-312-144466.