Sleeping Partner, DCI David Fyfe Mystery Series by Paul, William - 1997

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1997. Book. Illus. by Terry Pastor (Jacket Illustration). Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ; 172 pages; First U.S. Edition, first printing March 1997; Textblock is tight with no internal markings; Red boards with title in gold; Bright pictorial dust-jacket with modest shelf and edge wear including a 1/2 inch close tear to front panel at bottom/small dime size piece missing at back panel bottom right/some light nicks to edges; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable mylar cover; . (The third mystery featuring DCI David Fyfe (it follows after 'Sleeping Dogs' and 'Sleeping Pretty'). An older wealthy widow is discovered dead, murdered, seemingly an open and shut case, but if there's anything that Fyfe has learned is that things are not always as they seem.).