The Night the Gods Smiled

Toronto:: Collins Crime Club,, (1983). Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first Canadian edition (with no price on the dust jacket) of the first mystery featuring Inspector Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police. Wright was born in England, but lived in Canada for many years before becoming a writer. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, Winner of the Crime Writers Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for Best First Mystery Novel, Winner of the City of Toronto Book Award. 181 pp.