Knife in My Back [Inscribed and Signed]

New York: Mystery House, 1945. Very Good/Very Good-. New York: Mystery House, 1945. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, red topstain, in black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); 256pp. Jacket margins rather chipped and worn, especially along front flap fold and at spine ends; overall a Very Good copy in About Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on p. [2], "For Leo - Who gave this yarn its first airing / Affectionately, Sam."

The author's first crime novel to feature the hardboiled, 300 pound, cigar-smoking detective Amy Brewster.