Jennie Melville [Gwendoline Butler] — Murderer&Apos;S Houses

London, Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Gwendoline Butler's uncommon third crime novel to her Charmian Daniels series. The first edition, first impression. With the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper. This is third novel to feature fictional Sergeant Charmian Daniels, from British writer Gwendoline Butler, who is credited with inventing the "woman's police procedural", written under her pseudonym Jennie Melville. Following the mystery of a dead body found in the growing town of Deerham Hills, and the arrival of a faceless hater of women and murderer.  In the original cloth binding. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with slight bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is smart, with a small chip to the spine head. Marks to the wrap and slight edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, save for minor offsetting to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.