Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1958, 1^st Edition, ex-library; A Crime Club Selection.  Hard cover, 192 pages.  Some edge and spine end wear, heavier wear at corners; binding sound with a bit of webbing visible at rear board gutter.  Dust jacket with price intact covered in clear protector taped to boards; library labels on spine; marker on top and bottom page block.  Tape residue on front and rear end papers; library stamps on title page, mostly marked out, with bleeding onto copyright page which shows usual lettering and number stamp; pocket on rear end paper.  Remainder of interior clean and unmarked with some fox/age spots.  Author’s first novel.  ‘What was the friction between clever, ambitious Paula Reynolds and her straightforward colleague, Katy Kincaid?  Office politics?  Personal matters?  And had this friction caused Paula’s elegant form to be sprawled over Katy’s desk – a copy spike jutting from her shapely back?  Dangerous heartbreak days lay ahead of Katy as clues, leads – and then another victim – were stacked up against her by a diabolical killer.  Here is a story of mounting tension and pace that has as background the bustle and excitement of a big-city newspaper office …’ (from front flap)