First edition, first printing. 246pp. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends. Text block edges just starting to fox and tan. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Stains on pastedowns. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, small loss to top front edge.
With refreshingly honest, believable characters and an intriguing background of San Francisco in the dead of winter, The Cable Car Murder promises to be the first in a series of brilliant and original mysteries.