Excellent condition paperback best-selling mystery from the pen of highly regarded novelist P. D. James.  No crease at all in the spine, suggesting it hasn't been read at all.  From shelf wear, perhaps, a very slight lower right front cover corner bend, but no other evidence of use.  Glossy, color-retentive cover.

Clean, no writing or markings.  Another adventure of James' hero, Adam Dalgliesh.

The reviewer of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch comments: "Elegantly construction, beautifully written...[this novel] is cause for rejoicing... [It] is that much-sought-after but rare combination of reading that both transports the reader to another world and engages the imagination."