(London), Headline, (1994). The second of his books written under the disclosed pseudonym "Ian Rankin writing as Jack Harvey." Rankin had moved to France in 1990 to write full-time, and his John Rebus novels had not yet become the automatic bestsellers they later became. His agent suggested he write a series of pseudonymous mainstream thrillers, and he signed a contract to produce three of them. Two of them, Witch Hunt, the first of his thrillers, and Bleeding Hearts, the second, have become among the most difficult Rankin books to find in the first editions. This title reportedly had a hardcover printing of only 800 copies, most of which were targeted for libraries. This copy has a slight spine lean and mild age-toning to pages; very near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#028035] SOLD