Hardcover has shelfwear to edges. Spine tilt. DJ in mylar cover with rubbings. Pages tight. Library discard with usual marks/attachments. Stated first edition. 224 pages. HardCover Binding. Year: 1971. ISBN: 0671208365. The latest in the sophisticated mystery series featuring John Putnam Thatcher of the Sloan Guaranty Trust, a wry and humorous novel in which Thatcher is forced to cope with startlingly different-and powerful-combatants.