Case Violet Smoke by Donavan John (1 results)
Published by Mystery House, New York, 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good dj. First American Edition. [a good sound copy, slight exposure of board at one bottom corner, two tape-residue marks on each pastedown; the jacket is edgeworn, with some very shallow paper loss along the top edge, a couple of short closed tears, several small internal tape-repairs, mod…erate scuffing/surface wear, and a 2.5" split at the top front flapfold]. A mystery with a background of industrial espionage, with a "cunningly devised murder" the primary clue to which is a mysterious violet smoke. The case is assigned to the author's series characters, Detective-Inspector Cross and his assistant Sgt. Johnny Lamb, of the (London) Metropolitan Police -- the latter, conveniently, being the "son of Europe's most brilliant chemist." Lamb's "cold logic, keen hunches, and an uncanny knowledge of chemical secrets lead [him] to spurn the obvious and finally ensnare the assassin." The prolific author, who wrote under a number of other pseudonyms, was a one-time secretary to Edgar Wallace and a co-founder of the Crime Writers Association. All his "Donavan" books are quite scarce. This title was previously published in England under the title "The Case of the Coloured Wind.". Illustrated by (dj design) "Silten" (illustrator).
