New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised stand-alone mystery, by the author who is best known for the classic British Richard Jury mysteries. A haunting story of a 12 year old girl who becomes increasingly obsessed with the drowning death of another 12 year old girl 40 years earlier. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Promotional sticker on the dustjacket quoting Patricia Cornwell: 'one of the finest voices of our time. Martha Grimes is poetry.'. ISBN: 0-679-441875.