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A paperback edition originally published by Penguin in 1963. This is a later, 1979, printing. In good condition for its age. Reading creases to spine. Covers are scuffed at extremities. Page are quite heavily tanned but the book remains eminently readable. An 87th Precinct novel. “Annie Boone lay lapped in blood, alcohol and splintered glass – face down in the liquor store. Holes in her too . . . four, drilled with a pistol. In addition, she was dead. As Steve Carella forked over the ground, conflicting facts came crawling out. Employer, ex-husband, lover, boy-friends, girl-friend – they all placed the redhead someplace different on the moral spectrum. Was she ultra-good or infra-bad? And if all the suspects had sound alibis – one for each suspect – who killed Annie Boone? IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH