When a Manhattan madame makes a date with death, a detective must expose the sordid secrets of her clientele. Lawrence Lariar was one the most popular cartoonists of the twentieth century. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, he also crafted a line of lean and mean detective and mystery novels unde
Death for Madame: a Prof. John Stubbs Mystery
β Scribed by Campbell, R. T.;Main, Peter
- Book ID
- 100555086
- Publisher
- Courier Publishing; Dover Publications
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Newburyport
- ISBN
- 0486834964
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Professor John Stubbs, the pipe-smoking, beer-swilling amateur detective, investigates the strangulation of an elderly innkeeper. Humor and poetic turns of phrase highlight this atmospheric mystery, set in postwar London.
β¦ Subjects
Electronic books
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