HarperCollins, London, 1997, 1^st pr.  ISBN 0-00-649881-7.  MMPB, 224 pages.  Unread copy; scar on front wrap from sticker removal; bit of edge wear; pages tanning.  ‘A neurotic, barren wife acquires a baby illegally.  Seventeen years on, with her husband now a prosperous Welsh businessman, someone discovers her secret and blackmail begins.  A murder follows in Cardiff’s vibrant Central Market in front of thousands of shoppers but, bizarrely, there are no witnesses.  Chief Inspector Merlin Parry, aided as ever by Sergeant Gomer Lloyd, tackles a baffling human drama that intrigues right up to the nail-biting denouement …’ (from rear wrap)