(031068) Abshire, Richard. Dallas Drop. New York: William Morrow And Company, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 276 pages. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Inscribed on front endpaper by author: Dotty, this is the first one this year -- hope you like it. I've told my agent there's a part in it for you when we make the movie. Thanks for everything. Love, Richard. Binding lightly skewed. Front edges lightly soiled. Richard Abshire was a captain in charge of the Dallas Police Department's Tactical Section from January 1975 to December 1977. He left the department in 1979 and is a reporter in The Dallas Morning News' Garland bureau. Richard is most notable for the fictional character Jack Kyle, “an ex-cop, turned Dallas gumshoe, your typical hard-boiled operative: middle- aged, divorced, broke and -- surprise, surprise -- more than a little cynical ISBN: 0688079679
