| By Max Allan Collins.
New York: Bantam Books 26539-3. 2nd printing June 1987. Copyright 1987 by the author. 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 on copyright page. (viii)+1-233(234) pp. Approx. 4 1/8" by 6 3/4" paperback. An Eliot Ness mystery. 1st in the Collins Ness series. Bound ad between pages 122 and 123 as issued. |
| Very Good plus condition, light spine creases, front cover corner crease, glossy covers, supple pages with mnor yellowing. There are NO names or store stamps on the book. See scan which is extra large to allow you to see condition details. |
| Eliot Ness arrives in Cleveland in 1935 to straighten out a crooked city. An anonymous ring of bent cops is dealing in vice, graft, gambling and labor racketeering, overlorded by a mysterious top cop known as "the outside chief." But between corrupt politicians, jealous colleagues, a parasitic reporter and two blondes with nothing in common, Ness has big troubles pulling the sheets off the bed of blue vipers. Until the outside chief makes a move and Ness moves just a bit quicker. |