The Money Lovers

New York: Soho Press Inc., 1994. BH2 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Timothy Watts and inscribed to Otto (Otto Penzler) on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. A Crime Novel. 9.5"x6.5", 262 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. For a noir crowd, they are disarmingly colorful. Nicky likes powder-blue boxer shorts, red suspenders, and Sinatra singing "My Way." Nicky finances his pleasures by conning the greedy. He baits shady deals with illegal benefits and then makes off with his co-conspirators' seed money. Nicky's trophy-wife Katherine likes grin, flashy cars, and high-octane shopping. She hates "My Way" and lets her reprehensible husband know it by putting a bullet in his state-of-the-art sound system. Wesley? ... he is the lowest denominator in the bunch. Wesley appreciates illegal gains as much as any of them but he enjoys killing more. It is his calling, he feels, a talent, like gardening or gourmet cooking. The one standup guy s an ex-Marine named Jimmy, who was Katherine's high school classmate and the least likely to survive this situation. Because the rest of them are strictly out to do it unto each other, first.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.