NO WORD FROM WINIFRED by Cross, Amanda (Carolyn G. Heilbraun) - 1986

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1986. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The eighth novel in Cross' mystery series featuring English Lit professor and amateur sleuth, Kate Fansler, who is asked to find Winifred Ashby, the "niece" of renowned British author, Charlotte Stanton. Winifred left a New England dairy farm for London to help a young woman named Charlie become appointed the author's official biographer only to completely vanish as if she simply ceased to exist. Kate, with only Winifred's puzzling journal and Charlotte's novels, to assist her, follows a faint trail from Oxford back to NYC where there are conflicting clues to Winifred's past but no proof of foul play. But if not foul play, why no word from Winifred? First Printing, First Edition (as stated, with complete number line.). About 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 217 pages quarter bound in white cloth over blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Dustjacket shows beige background with black and blue lettering on front panel and spine and five blurbs on back panel praising Cross's mysteries. Boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked, tight and square. No tearing, no creasing or bumping. Not remaindered. Dustjacket shows only very light edge and surface wear. No tears, creasing or chipping. Not price-clipped. A collectable copy of a first-rate bibliomystery.