BIG TOWN *SIGNED COPY / EDGAR AWARD FINALIST**

N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1994. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. SIGNED by the author at title page. EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE. Author's first book. "Jack Flippo, on the fast track at the Dallas DA's office, unwittingly beds the wife of a drug kingpin. By the time Jack's realized his egregious error, he's out on his ear, divorced, depressed, and broke. Reduced to taking odd jobs, he obliges a detective friend who asks him to photograph the infidelities of sleazy entrepreneur Buddy George. Jack, with his unerring nose for trouble, gets more than the picture he bargained for when his photographic snoopfest reveals Buddy's penchant for weird sex. Soon Jack finds himself involved with blackmail, murder, and a cast of unforgettable characters including Teddy Deuce, a moronic, muscle-flexing thug whose dearest ambition is to have his own game show, and icily gorgeous Paula Fontaine, Buddy's shrewd, sexy, sans-scruples assistant. First-time author Swanson has written a wonderfully offbeat story that's darkly sinister, terrifically funny, and oddly touching. Jack Flippo's head is screwed on straight, his heart's in the right place (despite his efforts to make us believe otherwise), and he's exactly the kind of guy we want on our side." -Booklist. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.