McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1991, 1st ed/pr.  ISBN 0-7710-3784-8.  MMPB, 291 pages.  Wraps show some edge wear, light corner bends, reading creases along front hinge and spine.  Binding sound; some age spotting on outer page block.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages; black & white photo section.  ‘On June 8, 1989, the decomposing body of Cindy James was found beside an abandoned house in a Vancouver suburb.  Her hands and legs were tied behind her back with a black nylon stocking.  Another stocking was tightened around her neck.  A needle puncture mark scarred her right arm.  Had the 44-year-old James been the victim of a gangland-style slaying?  Or was the nurse’s death, in fact, a bizarre suicide, the culmination of a life plagued by physical assaults, emotional trauma, arson, and nightmares?’ (from rear wrap)