The Handwriting On The Wall.

MILTON PROPPER

Publication: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941, New York

First edition. Former owner's name and address on front free fly-leaf, else near fine in dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. When a young man is found murdered in the laundry chute of a vacant house, Detective Tommy Rankin must learn the man's identity. A fortune, two men who each claim to be the missing heir, a crime buried five years ago, a cryptic, partially erased scrawl on the wall of the old house, and a host of suspects face Rankin.

Inventory Number: 21803