Tight, clean, flat, square, sharp and crisp book in lightly worn DJ with a wrinkle here and there and some toning to the paper. Norah Mulcahaney is one of the first female lead characters in a mystery series, beginning in 1972 with characters from previous novels. Norah takes a vacation from the force and goes to York Crossing, Pennsylvania, where she witnesses the kidnapping of a young woman. When her body is found in a quarry ditch, Norah's vacation turns into a busman's holiday.