The Jigsaw Man

Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991. First Printing . Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4. 182 Pages. Black boards with silver spine lettering. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. No other defects noted and the interior text pages are bright, tight, and white. No marks. Author's first novel. Gary Keith, on his first case, and Detective Sergeant Doyle Griffin, a twenty-year veteran, work together to solve a brutal murder in which the victim's body was dismembered How come it never turns out like this in the movies?'' wonders rookie Holston, Tennessee, investigator Gary Keith as an accidental Doberman gets in the way of his foot chase after big biker Bonzo, a suspect in the murder of Larry Foglesong, a retarded biker hanger-on whose body has been turning up all over the county. But dapper veteran cop Doyle Griffin favors another suspect, childlike hulk John Waters, whose girlfriend Sarah Trinkle is an authentic witch who serves Doyle one mean meat pie. Despite Gary's complaint--he's not used to the bogus confessions, the suspects' invincible stupidity, or the interference of phony psychic Samantha Thorpe--it all turns out just like in the movies, as both Gary and Doyle lose their wives to overwork and take up with glamorous new women en route to an improbable cliffhanger rescue.