New York: The Viking Press, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning - and rather prolific - British author's first novel, set in Rome, the story of a young American painter driven to a crime passionel and then to a series of subterfuges to avoid the police. The London Times called it 'a distinctly effective small chiller.' 124 pp. Dust jacket art based on a painting by the author. ISBN: 0-370535656.