by David Bottoms

London: Constable, (1991).

First U.K. edition, first printing.

"First published in Great Britain 1991" statement to the copyright page.

An ex-boxer looking to buy a Montana Ranch for his wannabe girl, and his brother just looking for a big score, pair up for an easy kidnapping, until a bad-news gangster muscles in on the job.

Bottoms, a highly acclaimed poet, Georgia Poet and Walt Whitman Award winner, also taught an several states' Universities including Montana, from which he draws on first-hand experiences of the area for evocative descriptions of Montana terrain, nature, and life-styles for this suspenseful mystery.

Pages starting to tan as usual, else fine in black linen boards with silver embossed titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket with front panel art by Terry Pastor; original printed £12.99 price still intact to the front inner flap.