First edition, first printing. 320pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine heel. Text block edge tanning. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine bumper, chipped along edges, price unclipped. 8vo. A Joshua Croft mystery which combines excellent one-liners (the prerogative of any decent P.I.) with political intrigue - a good crime yarn.