First printing. Fourth mystery, a novel of historical suspense, featuring Welshman Abel Jones, who has returned to the land of his birth. Set in 1860s London and Glasgow, during the American Civil War, where casualties are mounting and the Confederacy is desperate to obtain warships for their struggling Navy. Author's historical note. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett award. SIGNED on the title page. 328 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.