MONEY TROUBLE

NY: Putnam, 1988. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket, lightly sunned along top edges, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Even though his first book has just been published, P.I. Nebraska's suffering bank balance and a bad case of writer's block lead him to work again as a private investigator, in a divorce case. Then he receives a call from a woman he loved many years ago. Carolyn Longo wants him to find out the truth about her husband Gregg, recently killed by police as a suspected bank robber. There is also a question about $78,000, the missing loot from the robberies. As Nebraska spends his days and nights tailing his "matrimonial" around Omaha and trying to find out what Longo had been up to while out of work and allegedly holding up banks, he discovers Longo's mistress and a tie between the two cases. Among Longo's problems had been a bad gambling habit and a taste for kinky sex. Nebraska also has his problems: too many womenan estranged wife, a psychologist lover and now Carolyn. Reynolds writes well in the medium-tough vein with nice allusions to other mystery writers. It's refreshing to find that Nebraska, now in his third outing (The Nebraska Quotient and Moving Targets), has a good relationship with and respect for the cops, which to a great extent is returned." -- Publishers Weekly . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.