NOTHING ELSE MATTERS (Sam Casey Mystery Ser.) [SIGNED COPY]

Schererville, IN, U.S.A.: Full Moon Publishing, 2000. 1st edition, April 2000, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. National Book of the Year Award for Best Mystery. SIGNED by the author at title page. The 2nd Sam Casey title. Detective Sergeant Samantha Casey is back after her debut in When the Dead Speak. Suspended from the force after her last case, Sam is having a difficult time adjusting to unemployment. But there are more unsettling changes in her life than unemployment. When a staunch opponent of gambling is found murdered on a riverboat casino, Sam is hired by the owners to clear them of any involvement. The suspect is believed to be an assassin known as "Sparrow". Authorities can only identify him by the tattoo on the back of his hand. The deceased is carrying $50,000 in counterfeit money. Sparrow soon realizes the fee he was paid is counterfeit. Sparrow is one man you don't want to cross. Sparrow plays a cat-and-mouse game with Sam's young computer friend, Tim, and matches wits with Sam. Just who is Sparrow? Why does Sam have dreams of hot lights, unbearable pain, and bizarre torture techniques? And why does she keep hearing a strange mantra in her head--"Other than survival, nothing else matters?". Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.