Devil's Slew

New York: Minotaur Books, 2011. H4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by the author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has label on the front, some wrinkling on the edges, large soiled patch on the lower back, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and cover edgewear, foxing and stains on the page edges, large soiled patch on the lower back, tanning and light shelf wear. A Barrett Raines Mystery. Barret Raines returns for the next entry in this riveting Gulf noir series. 8.5"x5.75", 278 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Special Agent Barrett "Bear" Raines of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has his Little League game interrupted when a returning GI uses Bear and the local sheriff to commit suicide-by-cop. Barrett agonizes over the young man's death. He knows that the young marine came home with a squad of other veterans who live outside the law near a place called Devil's Slew. Those GIs come under suspicion when federal authorities trace counterfeited currency to Bear's backyard. The feds believe that the counterfeiters are responsible for the kidnapping of a female agent off the streets of New Orleans. The threads connecting these local crimes stretch from northern Florida to Afghanistan and Mexico, and so, once again, Barrett Raines and the FDLE are called in to dodge the bullets and connect the dots. A superb storyteller, Darryl Wimberley writes about a Florida not many people know about, bringing to life its rich characters - and its lurking dangers. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.