Playing Safe, Eileen Dewhurst — 1st Edition

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Playing Safe, Eileen Dewhurst — 1st Edition

Name: Playing Safe, Eileen Dewhurst — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4070-EV-F-VG-4
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Publication: London, Collins, 1985

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 206.

Condition Report: Very Good. The book is securely bound in its original red cloth boards, remaining sharp and rigid with negligible shelf-wear to the extremities. The text block is exceptionally clean, though the pages exhibit light, uniform age-toning typical of the paper stock used by the publisher during this period. The original, unclipped dust jacket (£7.50 net) presents very well, retaining its bright colours with only minor rubbing and faint creasing along the top edge and spine ends, typical of careful handling. Overall, a highly attractive and well-preserved copy.

Catalogue Note: First edition, published as part of the esteemed Collins Crime Club series. The book features the striking original dust jacket with its vivid hammer and sickle motif adorning a classical bust, a hallmark of the series' mid-1980s aesthetic.

This title marks the second thriller featuring Dewhurst's recurring protagonist, Helen Johnson. While copies occasionally surface on the secondary market, finding one with the dust jacket intact and free of significant tears or fading remains desirable for collectors of the Crime Club imprint. The volume is free from illustrations, maintaining the classic textual format of the publisher's suspense novels. There are no notable previous ownership markings or binder's stamps present within the preliminary leaves.

Helen Johnson finds herself involuntarily swept into a deadly game of espionage and deception. Initially undertaking light intelligence work, Helen agrees to act as a stooge at a registry office wedding, only to discover that her innocent charade is the precursor to a much darker reality. Forced into hiding as an anonymous patient at a psychiatric clinic, the tension escalates when a mysterious new arrival threatens her safety and leads her to suspect someone is trying to poison her. As the lines between paranoia and genuine peril blur, Helen must navigate a terrifying nightmare where her life—and the life of her husband—hang in the balance, pushing her to use every ounce of her courage and a desperate ruthlessness to survive.

ISBN: 0002319799

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Eileen Dewhurst

Book Publisher: Collins; The Crime Club

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Crime & Mystery

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 206

Book Publication Year: 1985

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Collins Crime Club

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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