1st ed, 1st imp (true first) 192pp. Red cloth boards (sharp and hard, with minor rounding at points and a few very minor marks). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, no other library markings. Tape repair to endpapers, some light spotting, more marked on text block edges. In its original dust jacket (a little rubbed on edges, chipped at points, minor shelfwear visible on verso, old interior tape repair at head of spine). This hard to find title from the master of suspense is a tale of a cold-blooded confession a brutally planned murder told by Chad Williams, whose ruthless ambitions and violent infatuation for a woman inspire him to attempt what seems to him to be the perfect murder. Set against the background of a Californian coastal town and the sunlit canals of Venice, Marshall’s thriller once again maintains is reputation for writing novels to be read at a single sitting.
