THE GREEN-EYED HURRICANE

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 2000. 1st ed., July 2000. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Casper Perinovich has shrimped the waters off Biloxi's Point Cadet for longer than anyone can remember. Pushing eighty, Casper is still one of the toughest and smartest old birds left on a waterfront increasingly being taken over by big-money casinos. To Jack, Casper is like a second father. Two weeks into a tough investigation and in need of a break, Jack heads out fishing with Casper, only to have disaster strike. A lifelong Point Cadet resident and vocal opponent of the casino development encroaching on his Gulf Coast town, Casper returns home, flips on his light switch, and his house explodes around him. The value of Casper's land, it seems, may have been worth killing over. And as good a man as Casper is, he's got a long list of enemies, everyone from a band of Vietnamese gangs, some angry local rednecks, a money-hungry niece, and even the mayor himself! Jack is determined to find the killer, all the while knowing that the real murderer may be staring him in the mirror all along.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.