FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION THUS, Black Lizard Books #0-88739-007-2, published 1986. Cover "He reached over for her and she wasn't there. It was the middle of the night - she was gone…and so was his money!” Author’s first published novel. Original $3.95 cover price. Paperback, 187 pages, 18 cm. Original first edition published by Fawcett Gold Medal in 1961.