Troppo facile, ispettore Dover

by Joyce Porter. Hardcover. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978 FIRST EDITION with "First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld and Nicolson" on copyright page and no additional printings listed. From the dj "Detective Chief Inspector Dover (the only serving officer in the Metropolitan Police Force with underarm dandruff) finally decides to grant the wishes of everybody except the criminal classes and hang up his boots...he lusts after the position of Chief Security Officer with a large commercial undertaking for that most solemn of reasons---there's more money in it. But first he needs a resounding success with which to dazzle his prospective employers. The murder of an unknown, unimportant girl in Frenchy Botham's poshest purlieu doesn't look very promising..."