A PENNY FOR THE OLD GUY. by Dold, Gaylord (1947-2018) - (1991)

New York:: St Martin's,, (1991). Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The seventh novel featuring Wichita private investigator Mitch Roberts who has travelled to London to attend the twelfth reunion of his World War II combat battalion. Roberts visits his war-time romance Amanda. When Amanda's young son is drowned in the River Cam in Cambridge, Roberts goes to work. Then the death of Jono's Dutch roommate takes Roberts to Amsterdam where he stumbles on a world of intrigue and government corruption. PW commented that "Strong descriptions of London, Cambridge and Amsterdam in wintertime make a powerful contrast between the trappings of the Christmas season and the sorrow and violence Dold's sleuth investigates." SIGNED on the title page. The first book in this series, set in the 1950s, to be published in hardcover. 218 pp.