SUNSET EXPRESS

New York: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, gold quarter cloth with orange lettering on spine over orange boards, archival mylar-protected yellow-red & black-green pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) illustration by Dan O'Leary, orange endpapers, [x] + 274 pages. The award-winning author of Free Fall and Voodoo River. Crais' novel The Monkey's Raincoat is one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. His highly regarded mini-series CROSS OF FIRE documented the KKK's rise during the Twenties. Robert Crais is an American author of detective fiction. An admirer of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, Crais has written scripts for Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, and L.A. Law. Crais has won numerous awards for his bestselling crime novels, which have been published in 62 countries. Robert Crais received the Ross Macdonald Literary Award in 2006, and was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2014. Sue Grafton calls him "a terrific writer." SUNSET EXPRESS: After a wealthy L.A. restaurateur is accused of murdering his wife, his attorney hires Elvis Cole to prove that police detective Angela Rossi tampered with the evidence. As Elvis investigates, he becomes more concerned about lawyers than the cops. INSCRIBED: "To Jim, From One Good Guy to another," SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally!