Stuart Woods CHIEFS First edition 1981 and similar items

CHIEFS By Stuart Woods New York: W.W. Norton Company, (1981). First edition (stated). A near fine copy; in a near fine dust jacket with creasing to the spine edges, and a short tear to the upper rear panel. Front flap price of $14.95. The first book in the Will Lee series which won the 1982 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. "During the bitter winter of 1920, the naked body of an unidentified teenaged boy is discovered in a wooded area of a small Georgia town. There is no direct evidence of murder, but the body bears marks of what seems to be a ritual beating. The investigation falls into the inexperienced hands of the newly appointed chief of police. His intelligent, obsessive hunt for the boy's tormentor begins a story that ultimately weaves through decades of deceit, hatred, perversion, and political drama that inexorably envelops the lives of two other chiefs -- one himself a murderer, the other hiding a secret that, if revealed, might destroy not only himself but also the promising career of a rising political figure."--Fantastic Fiction. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT MYSTERY BOOKS THANKS!