SARATOGA PAYBACK

New York: Blue Rider Press/Penguin Random Housse. The 11th and latest book in Dobyns' mystery series featuring Saratoga , NY, detective Charlie Bradshaw who is trying to adjust to life as a regular senior citizen since his private investigator's license has been revoked. But then a corpse is left right on his front sidewalk and that's just too much to ask. And then other town folks start turning up dead and then Charlie's asked to rescue a friend's kidnapped horse. And then...First edition, first printing. About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 349 pages in light brown boards with cream-colored backstrip and red lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows graphic featuring a dozen horse heads against a light green background with title in red letters on top half of panel. Dj's spine has author in white lettering and title in light blue. Back panel contains six blurbs of praise for the series from a variety of newspapers. Top corner of 1st end paper shows partially erased sale price, o/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked. No noticeable flaws or damage. Dj shows just a touch of wear at corners, else free of creasing, tearing, or bumping. Not price-clipped. A collectable addition to this series coming nearly 2 decades after "Saratoga Strongbox in 1998. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2017.