Widows Wear Weeds

A. A. FAIR

Publication: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1966, New York

First edition. Inked gift inscription on the front free fly leaf by the author. Fine copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to foot of spine and corners and with a tiny closed tear and a few tiny creases to bottom of rear cover. Blackmail was a dirty business, and Donald Lam liked to stay clear of it. But for his partner, Bertha Cool, no business was too dirty to handle at the right price. And the price for this job was certainly right. What was wrong, though, was a payoff for pictures that weren't worth a dime, a free dinner that cost the blackmailer his life, and more than a couple of double-crosses that framed Donald Lam quite neatly for a charge of murder. Twenty seventh book to feature Bertha Cool and Donald Lam.