Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Audience: General/trade.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Audience: General/trade.

Book First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine

Book First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's first in the Martha Patterson series. "Talk about starting with a bang. While retired and widowed lawyer Martha Patterson is still being warned against ``the Mother Teresa syndrome'' in her new job at West Brooklyn Legal Services, one of the paralegals bursts into the office bleeding from a head wound; he's been mugged, says Carlos Quinones, by three men who stole the rent-strike money he'd just collected from The Building. Hours later, just after Martha gets off the phone with Tessie Doone, a tenant of The Building whose Social Security checks have stopped coming, crazy Wilma Oberfell stalks into the office claiming ``I don't know whom I can trust'' before following Martha home, then skulking away. And the next day, when Martha goes out to The Building to talk to Tessie, she runs into Wilma again, strangled by a convenient burglar. Even if you don't believe the burglar story, the suspects--the decamped tenants' association treasurer at The Building, Tessie's fast-talking grandson Kareem Hewitt, a mysterious man on The Building's fire escape, and of course all those lawyers at Brooklyn Legal Services--are almost too plentiful to believe. Sprague follows her Edgar-winning YA novel, Signpost to Terror (1967), with a mazelike tale that not only features an unobtrusively gifted detective--Martha's eye for detail puts her head and shoulders above most of her big-ticket competition--but provides a virtual handbook of rarely fictionalized pro bono legal maneuvers."--Kirkus Review.

Book. Signed by Author(s) An Excellent Copy-Signed By The Author On The Title

Book. Signed by Author(s) An Excellent Copy-Signed By The Author On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.