The Scared Stiff

First UK edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 247. Pictorial card covers. Published by Carroll & Graf Publishers in the US, under the pseudonym Judson Jack Carmichael.

Publisher's bumf tipped in. Stamped "Proof/Damaged" to inner cover, else Fine.

A madcap caper of two small-time grifters who devise a dangerous con game feigning death. In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honour the society can bestow. "A masterfully devised antic, often hilarious and suspenseful tale from a best-selling author." –Tangled Web