Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1952

8vo, pp. 224. Original turquoise boards, lettered in red to spine. Publisher's device in red to front panel. Illustrated dust jacket, photographic portrait of the author to rear panel. 'FILE COPY' stamped in red to front pastedown, inked date ('September 3, 1952') written beneath. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a little wear to spine ends.

First edition of the author's first novel.

Wilmot produced two other novels -- Murder on Monday (1953) and Death Rides A Painted Horse (1954) -- and also wrote some short stories for crime magazines in the same period, but after 1954 nothing more was heard of him.