A KISS GONE BAD **AWARD FINALIST**

New York, NY, U.S.A.: N A L, 2001. 1st edition, October 2001, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Reading crease, page edges beginning to age tone else a very good - near fine copy of this Paperback Original. An ANTHONY Award Nominee. Texas. "Tensions rise in Port Leo, Tex., when porn star Pete Hubble, the black sheep son of a senator, returns to uncover the secrets surrounding his brother's long-ago disappearance. Pete brings some heavy baggage with him, the least of which is his producer and girlfriend, Velvet Mojo. When Pete turns up dead, seemingly by his own hand, rookie Judge Whit Mosley and police detective Claudia Salazar open an investigation that may cost him the election and them their lives. Agatha and Macavity award-winner Abbott (Distant Blood) populates his narrative with a number of colorful characters including a pompous southern sheriff, a wrestler turned evangelist, a shadowy psychotic killer named Blade, a corrupt female senator and a delightful sidekick who sticks to his ethics even if they don't always coincide with judicial law. Abbott offers fresh, original descriptions and well-written fistfights. This intricately woven, fast-moving mystery will keep readers guessing until the novel's final confrontation. " -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-Near Fine. Paperback Original.