The Lasko Tangent.

RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON

Publication: W W Norton & Company, 1979, New York

First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid-in. Author's first book and the first Christopher Paget novel. Fine in fine dust jacket. Government lawyer Christopher Paget begins to fear for his own life when he witnesses the murder of a key figure in his investigation of stock manipulation and the financial dealings of a wealthy industrialist and close friend to the President. Winner of the 1980 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.