MURDER

by The Clock by Rufus King

$1,500 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First Edition. King's first novel to feature his recurring character Lieutenant Valcour, a French Canadian in the New York Police Department who solves cases with a blend of Gallic intuition and Anglo-Saxon logic Bourgeu, The Mystery Lover's Companion, p.60 . A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, basis for Edward Sloman's 1931 pre-Code film

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