New York: Walker, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The authors' first mystery novel, set in the Jewish community of Boston in the Depression of the 1930s and introducing Belle Appleman, a young widow, garment worker, union menber and devotee of "True Detective" magazine and so when a body is discovered along the Esplanade, she determines to put her skills to work as an amateur sleuth. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-802756255.