Book five in the Ken Holt Mystery series. Dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve. Beige boards with dark green lettering and imagery to the front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Clean interior pages. Tight binding. Rubbing, creasing, small chips, and small tears to the edges of the dust jacket. Tape to the right edge of the dust jacket's front cover. Rubbing to the edges and corners of the boards. Light tanning and foxing to the dust jacket, and edges of the text block. 214 pages.