BY THIRD DEGREE: A NOVEL OF MYSTERY - INSCRIBED TO HAZEL GOODWIN KEELER
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London: Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd., 1948. First U.K. Edition. Originally published in 1941 by E.P. Dutton under the title The Sharkskin Book. A bibliomystery, in which everyone who comes in contact with a sharkskin-bound volume of Chinese aphorisms titled The Way Out must deal with severe problems Penzler, Bibliomysteries, p.87 . While there is no printed dedication in this volume, the inscription to his wife remains among
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