Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fast paced novel with an ironic switch on the traditional blackmail caper - when traveling salesman Charlie Berlatsky is the only witness to a fatal crash involving a California governor candidate and his passenger, a hooker from Las Vegas, he recognizes a good thing. INSCRIBED by Trevor on the front endpaper and dated "Fountain Hills, Spring 1975." Published under the title of 'The Paragon' in the UK. Trevor is perhaps best known for his Cold War thrillers written under the Adam Hall pseudonym and featuring secret agent Quiller. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-385-074727.