252pp. Blue cloth boards (rubbed at edges, marked, old tape repair to cracked spine, label remains on verso). Library lending sheet and stamps on tape repaired front endpapers, else no other library markings. Pages toned at edges. In its original dust jacket (chipped at edges, numerous short, flat creases, bumped on back lower edge with a few marks and minor loss at corner). Dust jacket now in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. Vintage crime fiction, published as part of Collin's 'Greenback Novels' series.