Publication: Doubleday, Doran and Co, Inc, 1945, Garden City
First edition. Fine in dust jacket with trivial wear to the corners. Not a whole lot is known about this author, though she wrote more than 20 novels under her own name and several espionage titles using the pseudonym Charles Leonard. This book features one of her main series characters, Desmond Shannon, a detective who "lives on bourbon, benzedrine and tough steaks." He's in a small town in Connecticut trying to rescue his kidnapped partner who went on an investigation in Shannon's absence. Crime Club mystery novel.
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