Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Canadian author's fourteenth mystery featuring police detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker, set in Vancouver, British Columbia. The kidnapping of a wealthy stock promoter and the wounding of Willow's son in a convenience store robbery seem unrelated - until new evidence is discovered . SIGNED on the title page. The first book in this series was winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. The Vancouver Sun called Gough's novels "hard-boiled but with a wickedly twisted brand of black comedy." 358 pp plus 4 pp ads. ISBN: 0-771034032.