BURLEY, W.J. - To Kill a Cat - (Excellent 1st Edition Hardcover in Wrapper) *

This scarce 1970 book is still in a great condition with unclipped wrapper - Wrapper spine sun darkened -  Only fault that I can see is a small pen number at the top of the front free-endpaper.   >>>   The girl was young, her auburn hair arranged on the pillow. Wycliffe could almost believe she was asleep, that is, until he saw her face. She had been strangled, her face brutally smashed— but after death, not before. She lay in a seedy hotel room down by the docks, but her luggage, her clothes, and her make-up all suggested she had more class than her surroundings. Superintendent Wycliffe was officially on holiday, but the case fascinated him. Who was the girl ?  Why was she lying naked in a shabby hotel room ?  As Wycliffe begins to investigate, he finds there are too many suspects, too many motives—and too many lies.    >>>   Author's fourth book, second Wycliffe.   20th Century Crime & Mystery Writers say, "In To Kill A Cat, Wycliffe is on vacation at the coast when he becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of an elegant young woman who was staying in a sleazy boarding house." The primary clues include the man in the pinstripe suit seen by the maid, the man seen on the fire-escape, the sleazy woman in the next room and what she overheard, and the clues from the bedroom itself. The murder victim was strangled, and her head was savagely battered AFTER death: perhaps two separate assailants ????.