Sharky's Machine by William Diehl (First Edition) (Autographed!) (1978)

"Italy, 1944: A squad of American soldiers on a dangerous secret mission is ambushed and slaughtered.and a fortune in gold vanishes. Hong Kong, 1959: An aging American colonel, haunted by his wartime past, is brutally murdered in a luxurious brothel.Atlanta, 1975: The last survivor of the fatal World War II ambush in Italy is executed at point blank range in a parking lot. Blowing away a crazed, gun-wielding drug dealer on a crowded city bus gets police detective Sharky bounced from the narc squad into the dreaded dregs of the department-vice. That's where he stumbles on a high-priced call girl and her pimp who are fleecing rich johns in an even higher-priced blackmail scam. Together with his "machine" of hard-bitten vice squad veterans, Sharky closes in for a big sting. He doesn't count on falling for Domino, his alluring target. Or falling into the middle of the murderous design she's a part of-involving a hot presidential candidate, the shadowy multimillionaire who's backing him, and the ice-cold assassin they're using to wipe out the past. before it blows their future to hell." In 1981 this book was made into a Hollywood movie. THIS book is signed by the author and has some cover and dust jacket damage (see photos) and light foxing of page edges. Clean pages. Hard cover edition with dustjacket. 374 pages. Dimensions: 6.5" by 9.25". Published by Delacorte Press, New York. 1st printing, 1978. Black binding. Cover defect(s): Slight corner/edge damage. Some spine cover damage. Page defect(s): Light foxing. Dustjacket defect(s): Some tears. 2 Pound Media Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Action & Adventure / Mystery / Crime Drama / English. …