POP GOES THE WEASEL - FIRST HARD COVER - BARGAIN SALE - SIGNED. NY: Little, Brown, First Edition. 6 X 9. Hard Cover. Signed Plate By Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0316693286 . Alex Cross's latest investigation into a series of vicious murders turns deadly as his prime suspect, a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shaffer, makes Cross and his fiancee the target of a deadly cabal of killers masterminded by Shaffer.