BLUE WOLF: An Alix Thorssen Mystery **SIGNED COPY**

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker & Company, 2001. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Beautiful copy. ** SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "Alix, who owns a gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyo., agrees to help stage an art auction to benefit wildlife conservation in the Yellowstone-Grand Teton ecosystem. Planning the auction raises longstanding, simmering conflicts between ranchers and environmentalists to a fast boil. Two events involving a wolf bring the environmental fight to a head: a local ranchhand who shoots a wolf faces prosecution under the Endangered Species laws, while a reclusive artist whom Alix represents has contributed to the auction a haunting portrait of a wolf, a painting that the committee chair refuses to allow in. (The sad-looking wolf on this book's dust jacket lacks the ferociousness of the wolf portrait.) The strong feelings that the wolf engenders are backdrop for the actual mystery: the painter, concerned about a possible cover-up, asks Alix to look into the death of a teenage boy in a hunting accident 25 years ago..." -- Publishers Weekly. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/As New. Book.