New York: Simon & Schuster, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring Senior Vice President John Putnam Thatcher of the Sloan Guaranty Trust, who is hiking the Appalachian Trail with an old friend from Maine. 224 pp. Long blurb on back cover from writer C. P. Snow describing Lathen as "probably the best living American writer of detective stories.". ISBN: 0-671-206869.