MISSING: A Harry Stoner Title

N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1995. First edition, February 1995, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Cindy Dorn's lover, Mason Greenleaf, is missing, and she feels his disappearance may have something to do with a former lover. With no evidence of foul play, the police won't investigate, so Dorn hires Cincinnati private eye Harry Stoner. Before Harry's inquiries can yield results, the openly bisexual Greenleaf is discovered dead, an apparent suicide. The police are too eager to wrap up Greenleaf's death; to them, he was just another screwed-up queer. Stoner and Dorn aren't easily dissuaded. As Harry backtracks through Greenleaf's life, the name of Paul Grandin keeps surfacing. When Greenleaf was a teacher and Grandin a student, there was a molestation scandal, but that didn't end the contact between the pair. The deeper Harry probes, the more he comes to realize that Greenleaf was more the victim than the younger man. The eleventh Stoner mystery is as thoughtful as any in the series. Though Harry solves the case, he misses the motives every step of the way. Each of the key characters acts and reacts logically but never stereotypically. Even the most open-minded among us are burdened with prejudices and preconceived attitudes. Stoner learns this lesson the hard way." -- Booklist . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.