Ticker tape murder (11 Ergebnisse)

Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. The Ticker-Tape Murder. Book.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fair to Good. No Jacket. 332 pages. Endpapers discolored. Binding slightly cocked. Two small white spots on front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Fair condition. Most of front cover has some white residue over a damp stain. Back cover has a damp stain near bottom spine corner and is lightly soiled. Book is mildly cocked. A little spotting on a few pages. 332 pages.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Detective-Sergeant Daniel Gilmore of the Philadelphia police is tasked with aiding a local businessman-Philip Nixon, president of a large automobile corporation. Traveling by rail to meet Nixon at his summer house in Cape May, Gilmore is happy to be out of an evening storm. After the rain passes, the train is forced to stop in the middle of nowhere when the engineer sees a body on the tracks. Accident Suicide Something else Gilmore finds himself investigating a strange and challenging mystery intertwined with family secrets and historical crimes. Gilmore is no super-sleuth, but he is a careful and thorough investigator chasing down leads and evaluating clues to identify a desperate and dangerous villain. The Ticker-Tape Murder (published in 1930) is a well-paced, clue-packed mystery with solid characterization.…

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO30095525: 1936. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Manque en coiffe de pied, Intérieur frais. 249 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Early Reprint Edition. Fifth Printing. Octavo, original black cloth over boards, stamped in white, stained top edge, color illustrated dustjacket. Mystery novel. Near Fine, light shelf wear, in Very Good dustjacket, some edge chips and wear, chip to mid front panel, light fading to spine.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Ticker Tape Murder by Milton M. Propper First Edition Harper & Brothers 1930. A near fine copy with no previous owner's name inscriptions. Covers are unmarked and have no bumping to corners. Supplied with a facsimile of the original dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. First edition, so stated. Previous owner's name at inside cover. Some mnor rubbing at spine edges and along bottom edges with corners bumped. Some loss of white lettering at spine otherwise a very good near fine copy in a beautiful dust jacket, no tears or creases and with the very rare wrap-around band for the Harper Sealed Mystery. "Philip Nixon is the president of American Motors, the biggest auto concern in the world. On the eve of cornering the US automobile market, his corpse is found on the train tracks. Sgt. Gilmore had been asked to act as a bodyguard to the financier. Fortunately, Gilmore was a passenger on the train that hit Nixon's body.Milton M. Propper (1906-62) was an American devotee of Freeman Wills Crofts and Lynn Brock. The book is the American equivalent of Crofts: a methodical policeman, Detective Sergeant Gilmore and Tommy Rankin of the Philadelphia police-- not brilliant, [but] capable and thorough--, testing discrepancies and checking alibis; finance; transport (three different train and two cars thundering across New Jersey by night); and plenty of railway timetables. Like his British models, Propper handles a complex plot admirably, unfolding layer by layer, each mystery's solution opening new possibilities. The pure puzzle satisfies because there is no fat. But which character doesn't need to be in the book, has no motive, and hasn't been suspected when all the other characters have been eliminated? There's your murderer! With Audobon stock soaring under his skillful manipulation, with the money world aghast at the significance of the colossal "corner", the death of Philip Nixon was a calamity. Mangled on the steel rails of the East Shore Express, his body yielded no clues. Armed with knowledge of blackmail threats, Detective Sergeant Gilmore of the Philadelphia Police took the case with full confidence of pushing it to an obvious and rapid conclusion. But numerous motives appeared, and soon the list of potential murderers included gangsters thirsting for revenge, the brothers of a betrayed girl, a desperate bear speculator and the man's own secretary, once before convicted of manslaughter. Who threw the body on the tracks? By sheer doggedness and an intelligence that missed no single detail, Gilmore solved this thrilling mystery in a way that will delight the keenest reader." -- Nicholas Fuller at "The Grandest Game in the World" blog. This copy, although not marked as such, comes from the auction of the Gary Gorton Crime Fiction collection of detective fiction. Book.…

First edition. Author's second book. Residue from original Harper seal present on rear fly leaf, light foxing to page edges, else very good in a fine, fresh dust jacket. Detective Sergeant Gilmore and Tommy Rankin of the Philadelphia police solve the murder of a successful stock broker whose mangled body was found on the railroad tracks. There are numerous motives and just as many suspects . gansters with a thirst for revenge, a secretary who'd previously been convicted of manslaughter, or perhaps a desperate "bear" speculator. Handsome copy.…

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Detective-Sergeant Daniel Gilmore of the Philadelphia police is tasked with aiding a local businessman-Philip Nixon, president of a large automobile corporation. Traveling by rail to meet Nixon at his summer house in Cape May, Gilmore is happy to be out of an evening storm. After the rain passes, the train is forced to stop in the middle of nowhere when the engineer sees a body on the tracks. Accident? Suicide? Something else? Gilmore finds himself investigating a strange and challenging mystery intertwined with family secrets and historical crimes. Gilmore is no super-sleuth, but he is a careful and thorough investigator chasing down leads and evaluating clues to identify a desperate and dangerous villain. The Ticker-Tape Murder (published in 1930) is a well-paced, clue-packed mystery with solid characterization. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…