First edition of this WWII-era mystery featuring amateur detective Kate Marsh investigating a blackmailer while her husband convalesces from a wartime battle injury.
Very good plus in very good jacket.
Price: $1,500.00
"Kate Marsh divided her time between nursing Tony, houswork and spells of duty at the factory canteen."
In this thriller, Kate Marsh teams up with her old friend Min Ling, a Chinese immigrant and former spy-turned antiques dealer. Marsh uses her husband's recovery from war-related injuries for cover to visit a health spa, where the blackmailer moves on to murder. Lane (pseudonym of Margaret Lane Van Patten) published a number of Kate Marsh mysteries with Herbert Jenkins, this being her final — but one of her best known, thanks to its striking dust jacket design. Scarce: while there are scattered holdings recorded via OCLC, only one is in a US institution (UCLA).
Read more: Hubin, Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography.
First printing. London: Herbert Jenkins, [1943]. 7'' x 4.25''. Original orange cloth boards stamped in black. In original unclipped color pictorial dust jacket with cover art by Sinclair (contemporary price sticker "7/6" partly effaced). 190, [2] pages. Jacket with small chips to spine ends, moderate edgewear and a touch of soil. Slight lean. Boards gently rubbed, usual light toning to leaves.
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