Death on the Rocks

Michael Allegretto

ISBN 10: 0684187582 / ISBN 13: 9780684187587

Published by Scribner, United States, 1987

About this Item

Michael Allegretto, Death On the Rocks, Scribners, 1987, stated First Edition, no further state information. Author's first novel and the first PI Jake Lomax mystery; set in Denver, Colorado. Winner of Shamus award. 232 pages. Condition: Fine: The spine is square and unmarked. The front board is clean. The rear board is clean. The board edges are clean. The board corners are sharp. The pages are white and unmarked. The ffep shows penciled price and state information in the upper right hand corner. The rear free end paper shows a penciled seven digit number. The page edges are clean. The book is tightly bound and unread. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine: Not Price Clipped ($15.95). The front is clean. The back is clean. The spine shows very slight rubbing on the top edge, else is clean. The front panel is clean. The back panel is clean. The jacket is enclosed in a new mylar cover. This book will be shipped after receipt of payment in an archival bag and bubble wrapped in a new box with a USPS tracking number. International buyers: books heavier than one pound (including this one) will require additional shipping charges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death on the Rocks
• Publisher: Scribner, United States
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684187582
• ISBN 13: 9780684187587
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

After Phillip Townsend dies in a car crash west of Denver, private eye Jacob Lomax, hired to investigate the accident, discovers that the dead man, a pillar of the community, is the star of a porno film and follows a trial that leads to murder

About the Author

Michael Allegretto (b. 1944) is an American author of thrillers and mystery fiction best known for creating Colorado private detective Jacob Lomax. Raised in Colorado, Allegretto spent his youth listening to the stories of his father, a Denver police officer whose experiences he later used as the basis for his first books. He made his debut in 1987 with Death on the Rocks, a story of murder, blackmail, and pornography that introduced Allegretto’s only series character: Jacob Lomax, an ex-cop who becomes a private detective after the brutal murder of his wife.

Lomax would star in four more novels, including Blood Stone (1988), The Dead of Winter (1989), and Grave Doubt (1995). In the early 1990s, Allegretto began writing standalone novels, including the Christmas suspense story Night of Reunion (1990) and the fast-paced family thriller The Watchmen (1991).