UNDER CONTRACT: The True Account Of A Cop Hired To Kill ~SIGNED COPY~

blue & tan hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. remainder copy in fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. black ink mark on bottom edge, other edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. flat SIGNED (no inscription) on the front flyleaf "Cherokee Paul McDonald."nice clean signed remainder copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no inking or underlining. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). 229p. autobiography. memoirs. true crime. american history. ~ Police veteran and author of the much acclaimed Blue Truth teams up with Al Smith ("Al Sanetti") of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department to tell one of the most riveting true stories in the annals of crime: Smith is his department's first undercover contract killer. Murder for hire~South Florida style~is no longer the sole domain of professional criminals. A mother~in~law, a wife, a husband may pay thousands of dollars to kill an inconvenient relative or competitor. "I want desperately to become a widow," wrote one wife answering a lonely hearts ad. "I'll pay anything." Smith's job is to intercept these job offers, present himself as a hit man, take the money, collar his "employer" to save a life, and somehow survive himself. Smith's incredible double~life, told by himself and a seasoned writer and ex~cop who knows the police beat first~hand, is a unique and stunning vision of a special underworld never before revealed.…