Trap for Cinderella

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964. CI1 - A first American edition hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, and few small tears on the edges and corners, small dog-eared/crease on the flaps, some scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, tanning and llight shelf wear. Book has bumped corners, couple of light soiled patch/white stain on the front endpapers, moderate tanning and light shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. Translated from the French by Helen Weaver, An Inner Sanctum Mystery, Winner of Le Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere. 8"x5.25", 171 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. At a French resort, two young girls share a house on the beach. When fire guts the house, only one of them survives. But which one? Either of them might have said this: My name is Michele Isola. I am twenty years old. The story I am about to tell is a story of murder. I am the inquisitor. I am the witness. I am the victim. I am the murderer. I am all of these. But who am I? How one "Michele" murders the other, and why, is told in a brilliant recounting, full of paradoxes and twisted intentions, by a master of the French mystery genre.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.