London: Collins, (1973) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third book, a novel of suspense. A woman wanting to be free of her marriage uses Billy, a good-natured and eager to please man of thirty with the mind of a child as her dupe in the attempted murder of her husband. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "For ---, Something to read for the New Year." Babson was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Dagger for her body of work. 128 pp. ISBN: 0-002316331.