Red book jacket for a novel entitled 'The Death Drum' by Margaret Peterson, depicting a woman in a green dress with her hands clasped in prayer, whilst a single hairy hand reaches down to bang a drum fashioned from a large human skull, which dangles in front of her face. The tagline from the Daily Mail reads 'Vigorous and interesting study of a mixed marriage and its consequences'. The back cover is white with blue and red text, listing other novels in the Hurst & Blackett Famous 2/6 series.