Pete Hautman: DRAWING DEAD Paperback Book

Ex-cop Joe Crow considers himself one hell of a poker player.  He's almost forgotten what it's like to lose.  But when he lets Laura Debrowski-- a spike-haired burst of rock and roll in a Muzak world-- play a few hands with his stack, he gets a quick reminder of how it feels to be down... and dirty. Tthe next thing Crow knows, he's owing a drug-addled stockbrokers named Dickie Wicky a very large chunk of change.  And Dickie's calling in his marker-- not in cash but in services:  he wants Crow to tail his sexy wife, Catfish, find out who she's shaking up with, and pay the dude to walk...But Crow's got competition.  There are those who would prefer to see Catfish's lover dead.  As for Catfish... First, she invites herself into Crow's bed.  Then she draws him into the underbelly of Minneapolis-- where card hustlers, con men, comic books, and cocaine combined in a wickedly clever ale of dark wit and scintillating suspense. ---This is a used paperback book in good condition, with some wear on the spine and one corner of the back cover bent.  Published 1993.