Publication: Hamish Hamilton, 1985, London
First U.K. edition. Page edges uniformly tanned, else fine in dust jacket. Edgar Award winner for best novel of 1984. Benjamin Dill receives a telephone call informing him that his sister, Felicity, had been killed in a car bomb explosion. Dill returns to his home town to discover who would want to kill his homicide detective sister and why. His search reveals one-time friends who have become enemies, greedy politicians, corrupt cops and petty crooks ---- all who might have had a motive to kill Felicity.
Inventory Number: 14911