Search for a missing lady [first edition]

VERY UNCOMMON 1976 FIRST EDITION hardcover with dust jacket. UNREAD COPY with unmarked pages and firm binding. Jacket shows minor shelf-rubbing only (no tears). This is NOT an ex-library book). This remains a very good, clean, sturdy First Edition copy! "This really began when Detective Inspector Maxie Lewis asked Solo Malcolm -- ex-Commando, ex-policeman, and the toughest private operator in the business -- if he could locate Splicer Haney, well-known among the safe-blowing fraternity. After that, Irene Randall came to Solo to ask him to find her friend, Maida Lockman, who had disappeared from her home ten days earlier. Solo took the job, a bit against his better judgment -- soon to discover that it led into paths which he had never expected. There was the death of Maida Lockman, the disappearance of her boy friend, and the sinister shadow of an unknown kller. This well-plotted story of detection and mystery is told with all the pace and excitement readers have come to expect from Neill Graham, author of over thirty Solo Malcolm thrillers."