Dell, New York, 1961, 1^st pr thus.  D421.  Vintage MMPB, 222 pages.  Good plus; wraps show some edge and cover wear, creases, a few scratches, small splits and loss at spine bottom.  Binding sound with a slight lean.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages and occasional age spot.  ‘There, at his feet, lay his estranged wife, Frieda, a scarf cruelly twisted around her neck.  Rick had all the motives – desire for freedom and Frieda’s money.  Only Rick and Detective Sam Crombie knew that someone else had committed the murder – someone who had a key to Frieda’s secret apartment – someone who had a strong reason to silence her forever.’ (from rear wrap)