Previous owner's signature in pencil. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 192 pages. Red boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 130mm. Crime fiction, a novel. "To Maori detective Hoani Mata, New Zealand's north seems sign-posted Peace and Happiness, for it is home. But when he starts driving back there for a holiday, what does he find? Two cars racing through the darkness, duelling for the long, lonely roadway; a strange accident, after which the victim disappears; an oddly perfumed room [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. Title page has dual imprint: London: Robert Hale Limited / New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. Copyright page has: "First published in Great Britain 1963 / Printed in Great Britain by / Clarke, Doble & Brendon, Ltd. / Cattedown, Plymouth". Spine of book and dust-jacket both have "Whitcombe & Tombs". Front flap of dust-jacket with printed price "12/6 net".