Publication: Constable, 1983, London
First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front fly leaf "For my wife / Binky." Fine in dust jacket. Novelist Stella Rushton travels to Norfolk to recover her balance after being jilted by her boy friend. Simon, a musical comedy writer ,has a houseful of visiting theater people but offers her his riverside cottage and a boat to give her time to recover her pride. A young man, one of Simon's house guests, is very impressed with her and his attention does much to heal her wounded heart. A murder takes place and Stella feels that the young man may be the prime suspect. Inspector Gently sets things right. From the library of Alan Hunter. Provenance: the estate of Alan Hunter.
Inventory Number: 44265