For Robert Blair, middle-aged senior partner of a very respectable firm of country lawyers, life had been a humdrum affair until the spring morning when Marion Sharpe telephoned him in her hour of need. She and her mother were the victims, so Marion told Robert, of an amazing accusation, and the police were in the house already…Turquoise, black and white dust jacket with horoscope design to front. Various scuffs, marks and discolouration. Faded towards outer edges, heavy sunning to spine. Small chips to edges, larger chip to top of spine. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt text within separate black text panel to spine. Superficial scuffs and marks. Endpapers discoloured. Light foxing to edges of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tanned.