Acts of Mercy por Pronzini, Bill and Barry N. Malzberg - 1977

New York: Putnam, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Putnam, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean unfaded black cloth boads with green metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 251 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, has one short closed edge tear to rear panel, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A chilling, ingenious brain-teaser by two masters of the psychological thriller. Nicholas Augustine was a rancher and a railroad enthusiast, a popular maverick whose meteoric rise to the Presidency dumbfounded every self-styled expert in Washington. They watched him run the country his own way for three years--but when Augustine blundered, they turned instantly against him. The media increased their vicious daily attacks, the leaders of the party began to abandon their own President. And then someone was murdered inside the White House..