The Dangerous Edge

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. First edition. Review copy with publisher's slip and author photo laid in. Jacket rear lighlty toned. Top edge lightly foxed with a faint stain. 1983 Hard Cover. 411 pp. "The French Riviera 1954. In an imperfect world the perfect crime. And for the man wh o mastermlinded the breakin of the Banque de Nice, robbing it of its gold and precious stones--and its even more valuable secrets--it seemed the pefect crime. Then a dogged French detective was handed the case, and finally he had something to live for. Suddenly the act of violent bravado has drawn the attention of mobsters and petty players, the FBI, the CIA, a corrupt congressman, various millionaires, the French Corsican mafia--and a beautiful young woman--into the ultimate human drama, man against man, crimnel against cop.