PaperJacks, Markham, ON, 1983, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-7701-0247-6.  MMPB, 255 pages.  Wraps show some edge and cover wear, small corner bends, creases and reading creases; binding sound.  Inscribed and signed by author to prior owner on half title page; discard stamp on same page and verso of rear wrap with no other library identifiers present; pages clean and unmarked but quite tanned.  A Cyrus Finnegan Mystery.  ‘Picture an exclusive art gallery in contemporary London.  Present are artists, buyers, and critics, all intent on seeing the work of a young man who seems to have painted his way to fame.  Unfortunately, his first showing turns out to be his last.  Then, several days later, the owner of the gallery where the artist was found dead is also murdered.  Two longtime friends begin their hunt for a killer whose appetite for art is as great as the urge to kill.  Superintendent John Graham of Scotland Yard and art historian and critic Cyrus Finnegan have no lack of suspects. … In this intriguing mystery of false identities, forgeries, and fraud, the complicated world of art is brought to stunning light.’ (from rear wrap)