FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. Hardcover. 1991. Second Edition, First Printing. Originally published by Harcourt in 1945 as The Shadow Falls. Bound in blue on blue with dark blue wraps. Square and tight, unread, original price intact. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Oh, my, what is a body to do! Old man Donadieu's corpse floats in the oily film of the harbor waters. Son Michel plays with yo-yos, food, and secretaries. The widow Eva sashays around in kimonos, whiskey in one hand her latest paramour in the other. Smarmy Phillipe lusts after seventeen year old Martine. The will please. And the winner is!

Psychological Suspense, France, Scene Of The Crime