St. Martin’s, New York, 1990, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 0-312-93089-5.  Hard cover, 346 pages.  Very good; tight binding, spine ends lightly bumped.  Dust jacket with price sticker on inside flap shows some edge and cover wear, some rubs and a bit of corner wear.  Interior clean and unmarked.  ‘Jamie Hawkins … a features reporter assigned to the “nightside” shift at the Philadelphia Call… isn’t really any better suited to the routine of a reporter’s life than he was to the life of a soldier.  He hasn’t, however, lost his knack for making powerful enemies, including the chief of police.  The Chief has begun his own covert campaign for the office of Mayor, and he has some peculiar plans to ensure his election, plans he’d kill to keep secret from a nosy reporter who has never known the meaning of respect for authority.’ (from jacket flaps)