THE DEAD BEAT by Robert Bloch                                               Popular Library, First Paperback Edition, 1960                            Condition: Very Good+                                                                                                                                                                     "Comparable quality to Psycho..." (New York Times)  "The chills are expertly handled by a master craftsman...a blazing novel of taut suspense" (Columbus Dispatch)  144 pages.  Modest external edge wear and page toning; clean, tight copy with no writing or markings.