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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jacket by Richard Evans (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLUE PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'Jonathan Drapes 1st Dec '06'. In almost 'as new' condition, not price clipped (£12.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 311pp. Trigg's search takes him to Australia's Gold Coast. In amongst the thirty miles of sun, concrete, money and neon lurks his luck, in the possession of one Terry Smith. Now he just has to find him. His search becomes serious when it leads to the head of the Japanese Mafia on the coast. Hampered with delusions and heavy existential baggage, Trigg has to infiltrate the Gold Coast underworld to discover if one Mr Somatsu aka Tetsuya Suzuki aka Terry Smith, will help him get his old life back. And not even kidnapping, illegal casinos, murder or golf will dent his resolve in this hilarious story. Trigg's efforts are finally rewarded when he finds himself within feet of a solution. Unfortunately, five of Japan's most powerful men stand in his way. Trigg has to draw on everything he's learned about himself and life, not to mention the help of his new friends, to get him through. What he discovers is that perhaps having his luck taken from him was, in fact, the luckiest thing that could have happened. Australian author Jonathan Drapes' debut novel. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jacket by Richard Evans (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'Brian McGilloway 1st Feb '07'. In almost 'as new' condition, corners sharp, not price clipped (£12.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 229pp. The corpse of local teenager Angela Cashell is found on the Tyrone / Donegal border, between the North and South of Ireland, in an area known as the borderlands. Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin heads the investigation, the only clues are a gold ring placed on the girl's finger and an old photograph, left where she died. Then another teenager is murdered, and things become further complicated when Devlin unearths a link between the recent killings and the disappearance of a prostitute twenty five years earlier, a case in which he believes one of his own colleagues is implicated. As a thickening snow storm blurs the border between North and South, Devlin finds the distinction between right and wrong, vengeance and justice, and even police officer and criminal becoming equally unclear. The author's debut novel. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).