Cold Blood: A Sergeant Beef Mystery
Chicago: Academy Chicago Limited, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. First printing of the first American edition. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. The eighth and final book in this murder mystery series featuring Sergeant Beef. 205 pp. At first there seemed to be no doubt who killed Cosmo Ducrow, the recluse millionaire, with a croquet mallet, but the police are reluctant to arrest the obvious suspect. To force their hand, Sergeant Beef and his tireless chronicler Townsend are called in to solve the crime. Then Beef's unorthodox methods almost lead to a second murder...The Sergeant Beef mysteries were first published in Great Britain in1936 through this final adventure in 1952. Fine / fine. Item #E37303
ISBN: 0897330390
Price: $37.50