The Bad Blonde

New York: Rinehart & Company, 1956. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Rinehart & Company, 1956. First Edition with "R" on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's boards in blue pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); [8],245pp. Shelf wear to jacket and board extremities, jacket spine panel a bit toned, as is textblock, corners bumped; overall a Very Good, still quite bright and presentable copy. "A Father Shanley-Sammy Golden Mystery" (front jacket panel).

Mystery in which Sergeant Sammy Golden and his sidekick Father Shanley investigate the death by acid burn of a night watchman at a chemical plant. A beautiful blonde ensues.