Philadelphia: Roland Swain Company, Publishers, 1931. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] 1-279 [280-282: blank], original brown and black patterned cloth. First edition. The author's first mystery novel and the first using this pseudonym. "...a well crafted novel about a series of poisonings in a small English village." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, p. 864. [Reference: Hubin, p. 629].