The Devil's Hatband.

ROBERT O. GREER

Publication: Mysterious, 1996, New York

First edition. Author's first novel. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. Introduces C.J. Floyd, bail bondsman and sometime bounty hunter. When Brenda Mathison, the daughter of a black federal judge, gets carried away with her militant environmentalism, C.J. Floyd is hired to find her and some important documents she stole. Brenda is the leader of Planet First, a group of animal rights fanatics who've been tormenting ranchers. When C.J. finds her, she's been strangled with the devil's hatband ...a length of barbed wire. C.J. investigates, quickly realizing that missing biotech documents hold the key to Brenda's death ... A battle between landowners and environmentalists has turned deadly!

Inventory Number: 6208