The Puzzle of the Blue Banderilla Tapa blanda - 2004

Brand: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 0000-00-00. paperback. Used: Good.

Rue Morgue, 2004. Paperback. New. 155 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches.

Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2004. 1st prtg. A fine , unread copy of this trade paperback. Inspector Oscar Piper was off on a junket to Mexico in the summer of 1937 (surrounded by a bunch of Democrats, huffed Miss Withers) when a customs inspector on a train headed for Mexico City sniffs a very potent bottle of cheap perfume and promptly drops dead. Quite naturally, Oscar telegraphs Hildegarde in Manhattan about the perfume and quite naturally Miss Withers packs her bags and heads south of the border, figuring Oscar is out of his depth if he has to rely on deductive reasoning rather than a rubber hose. Why any of the occupants of the train should want to kill a harmless Mexican customs inspector is so puzzling that everyone assumes that the real intended victim is a self-made rich American woman who seemingly has rededicated her life to shopping. Her husband ought to be the prime suspect but he seems devoted to her, although he was spotted giving cash to a pretty young redhead when he… Leer más

Brand: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 0000-00-00. paperback. Used:Good.

Rue Morgue, 2004. Paperback. New. 155 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Rue Morgue Press, 2004-08-07. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!