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Frederick A. Stokes, 1938. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. New York, 1938; covers not as pictured in stock photo; gray cloth covered boards; mild edge and corner wear; no jacket; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; end papers toned; interior is clean and unmarked; 303 pages.
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- Title Devil to Pay
- Author Ellery Queen
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Stokes Pub Co
- ISBN 9789997528629
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The Devil to Pay
by Queen, Ellery (Frederic Dannay; Manfred Bennington Lee)
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The Devil to Pay
by Queen, Ellery
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Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. No jacket, boards bowed and lightly soiled. 1938 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vi, 303 pp. Solly Spaeth is a financier whose machinations with the "Ohippi Hydro-Electric Project" have left a number of people much less wealthy than once they were, including his business partner, Rhys Jardin. Jardin's beautiful daughter Valerie is involved with Spaeth's son Walter. Rhys is so impoverished, he has to sell up his personal property at auction, much to the dismay of his daughter and his long-time servant/valet/trainer, Pink. Walter asks Ellery Queen to sit in on the auction and buy every lot, which is how Ellery becomes involved when Solly Spaeth is found pierced by an ancient sword whose blade has been coated with molasses and cyanide. Suspicion falls on a number of people, including the Jardin household, Solly's son, lawyer and his mistress, the kooky Winni Moon,…
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