Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993, New York
First edition. Signed on the title page. Also inscribed and additionally signed by the author on the title page. A review copy with review slip laid-in. Fine in dust jacket. Introducing Chief of Police Joe Silva, who investigates the murder of a woman that many people in the coastal village of Mellingham hated. She visited her brother every two years and wreaked havoc on the people of the village with her constant barbs and hateful remarks.
Inventory Number: 50691