CAME A DEAD CAT

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1991. 1st edition, November 1991 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Introducing female PI Odyssey Gallagher-- San Francisco "Semi-tough California (yes, another one) p.i. Odyssey Gallagher listens to the rich Mrs. Holmcroft's sad tale--her hubby's mistress, Rachel Collins, an employee of the Lemming Cocktail Lounge, has been harassing her with calls and a parcel containing a dead cat--and agrees to track down Rachel and ask her to desist. Rachel, however, is missing; Mr. Holmcroft has his own p.i. on the case; and the bodies, including Mr. Holmcroft's, soon start piling up. Meanwhile, Holmcroft's real love, his mousy secretary, is distraught; Odyssey's stodgy boyfriend Martin moves out when her old lover, opportunist Charlie Gore, makes new moves on her; and Odyssey's boss, Mr. Frampton, wants her to drop the case. Furthermore, Mrs. Holmcroft and her overcoddled, sadistic son are alternately alibiing and then incriminating each other. Tailed, shot at, and lied to, the indomitable Odyssey perseveres and, finally, untangles the business shenanigans from the romantic and homicidal ones, and, with an assist from Charlie, saves the state the cost of a trial." -- Kirkus Review. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.