The Hotel Detective: An Inn-sideTale of Murder

Russell, Alan

ISBN 10: 089296538X / ISBN 13: 9780892965380

Published by The Mysterious Press, New York, 1994

About this Item

New York: The Mysterious Press (Time-Warner), 1994. First printing of the first edition. New; pristine. In protective mylar. Flat signed by author Russell on the title page. Octavo, illustrated jacket by Tom Nikosey, russet and green boards with copper spine imprinting, russet endpapers, 340 pp. Hailed as "the most dangerous" comic mystery writer since Donald E. Westlake and Carl Hiassen, Russell, in this title and the following "The Fat Innkeeper", introduces Am Caulfield, a "wry and sly hotel detective with a decidedly offbeat approach to his job." The Hotel Detective, reportedly produced in the number of only 8,500 copies in this true first edition, is the first appearance of Caulfield. L-41n.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hotel Detective: An Inn-sideTale of Murder
• Publisher: The Mysterious Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 089296538X
• ISBN 13: 9780892965380
• Binding: Boards
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Novice hotelier Am Caulfield, left happily in charge of a luxurious southern California resort, is underprepared for the ensuing mayhem, which includes a grisly double murder that must be solved before his boss's return. Tour.