First edition. HB. Black cloth lettered in silver to spine, and pictorial dustjacket by Edward Gage. 184pp. Investigation after the death of a policeman in London. Novel following the author's acclaimed Death of a Snout. Cassell's Crime Connoisseur imprint. A Very Good copy, mostly bright and clean, with light browning to closed page edges and 1962 owners' details neatly to front free endpaper. The jacket has light marks to back and very light rubbing to edges, with very small nick. A nice copy.