#hardcover#Cincinnati#Kentucky#mystery#Detective#Covington#JonathanValin#HarryStoner#privateeye Nice, good condition vintage March, 1989 First Edition/First Printing retail market copy of a hard to find book: spine is straight, tight. No markings, smudges, stains. Dust jacket not price-clipped; also good condition: some slight wear to edges, tear on back of DJ (but not torn out- it is partially visible in the ISBN barcode on back). Ships in (1) business day! More about "Extenuating Circumstances": Ira Lessing has been gone for two days. This upstanding citizen of Covington - son of a leading family, successful businessman, philanthropist, city commissioner - left his riverfront home on a steamy July night and never returned. His wife and his business partner ask Harry Stoner to find him. When Lessing's bloodied car turns up in the railroad station parking lot, the routine investigation takes a sinister turn. As his search continues, Stoner begins to uncover the truth: Ira Lessing has a dark secret that belies the decent, measured life he's lived. The gradual discovery of Lessing's secret and the explosive effect it has on Lessing's family, friends, and on Stoner himself makes "Extenuating Circumstances" a real and frightening exploration of one kind of contemporary hell. "Extenuating Circumstances" is the eighth Harry Stoner Novel, and, as usual, is set in Cincinnati.