Michael Halliday [John Creasey] — Wicked As the Devil

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1966 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first edition of John Creasey's gripping Dr Cellini mystery, complete with the original pictorial dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.  First edition.  Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  A thrilling psychological crime novel, the second in John Creasey's series featuring psychiatrist Dr Emmanuel Cellini. When the youngest of three unmarried sisters falls for the charming Roy Mardin, a series of sinister events draws the family into a nationwide murder investigation, prompting Dr Cellini and Chief Superintendent Webster to intervene. John Creasey (1908-1973) was a prolific British crime novelist who published hundreds of works under numerous pseudonyms.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very slight bumping to extremities. Light offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots. Dust wrapper, very smart. Later pricing label over original pricing to front flap. Slight edge wear to extremities. Light rubbing and scattered spotting to wraps. Slight sunning to spine and extremities. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.