Basic Instinct by Osborne, Richard - 1992

New York: Penguin Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover, Cloth. This book is based on the movie of the same title. This chilling story begins at the murder scene of an ex-rock star, found stabbed to death in his bed. The prime suspect is his lover, Catherine Tramell. She is a novelist whose latest book concerns a former rock star whose girlfriend ties him to a bed and kills him with an ice pick. San Francisco police detective Nick Curran must find out if someone is trying to frame Tramell of if she concocted the perfect alibi. Taken in by her cool sophistication and the mind games she torments him with, Nick falls under her spell. But will his obsession to outwit her get him killed? And what about his family? The bottom spine is bent in, no other faults to the book. The jacket has several small tears and chips on the top and bottom edges. There is a 1/2" tear on the front bottom which folds up and comes to a 1/2" at the spine. The bottom back also has a 1/2" tear. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .