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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Second Printing . Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. 210 pages. Dust jacket has mylar protective cover and unclipped price of 15.95. Book was probably never read. Author's first novel, set in San Francisco and featuring investigator Cassandra Thorpe. Her days investigating law cases in the sleaz;y South of Market area of San Francisco are about to end, and she couldn't be happier. She's leaving the horror of the public defender's office behind, and is headed for the hills of Santa Rosa, a private practice, and the nice, quiet, upwardly mobile California lifestyle she deserves. When a homeless man wanders into her office with a crazy story about drug dealers, Cass thinks nothing of it. But when he later turns up murdered, she is drawn into the case of her life, a case that will force her to come to terms with the ghosts of her own past. Shamus Award and Anthony Award nominee.