Death by Sheer Torture

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1982 (c.1981). First American Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with no significant wear, former owner's name plus date & place of purchase written in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is nearly flawless, with just a minor wrinkle at the top of the rear panel]. Murder mystery centering around an eccentric family in which the murder of the father -- "on a Spanish Inquisition-style torture machine" -- is investigated by his estranged son, a young police inspector. First published in England as "Sheer Torture." .