206pp. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Spine head a adjacent area on front board sun-faded spine, lightly rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges tanning; affecting page margins. Free endpapers starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has stain on front, light soiling and shelf wear, chipping to top edges, closed tear bottom of front flap; inside tanning, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Features all the characters from the earlier crime novel Death of an Old Sinner and examines the perilous events that stem from a Washington dinner party.