First printing. His second thriller, featuring Victor Carl, Philadephia lawyer and loser, who comes to Belize to chase his fortune and learn the truth about the death of a heiress. INSCRIBED on the title page to the noted collector Larry Owens. Laid in is a brief typed and SIGNED letter to Owens in which Lashner notes that this book was already in its 4th printing. 454 pp. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, but with some light toning to the pages.)