Publication: Faber and Faber, 1971, London
First edition. Author's fourth mystery novel. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine and bright in dust jacket. Two student deaths at the gloomy Nightingale House, used as a nursing training school, brings Chief Supt. Adam Dalgliesh to investigate. This copy is housed in a cloth clamshell case with the dust jacket copy repeated on the front and rear covers and the spine panel. A handsome presentation.
Inventory Number: 52243