Publication: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935, Garden City
First edition. Author's second mystery and her last. Each of her tales feature Peggy Fairfield as the detective. In the American South, a family attempts to cover up the murder of its matriarch, and then a black "conjure woman" is murdered as well. A missing, and when last seen, Florentine folio contains the secret to the mystery.
Fine bright copy in a colorful bright dust jacket. An exceptional copy. A Crime Club mystery.
Inventory Number: 53945