Penguin, Toronto, 1992, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-14-017052-9.  MMPB, 247 pages.  Very good; wraps show some edge and cover wear, light creases; binding tight.  Flat Signed by author on title page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages.  ‘Hired by an ex-con, … pro hitman Frank Wright is determined to whack Vancouver homicide detective Claire Parker no matter what the cost.  While Parker and Jack Willows investigate the apparently motiveless shooting of a young woman whose suspiciously uncooperative boyfriend is the only witness, Frank get set to make his move.  Then a second, even more bizarre murder takes place, and things get hotter than a muzzle blast…’ (from rear wrap)