Phoebe Atwood Taylor
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The sign said COME IN AND BROWSE—IT'S WARM INSIDE. Martin Jones made the mistake of his life when he joined the others inside the bookstore. One of them, Professor John North, would soon be dead. And Martin is going to be the prime suspect.
Luckily for Martin the bookstore is owned by his friend Dot Peters, who knows he's innocent. Even with the able assistance of Leonidas Xenophon "Bill" Witherall, the retired headmaster of the Boston
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First published in the US in 1946 by Farrar, Straus and Company, New York. The discovery by Asey Mayo and Doc Cummings of the bludgeoned body of Carolyn Barton Boone in an antique Pullman car of the Pochet and Back Shore Railroad marks the beginning of a wacky murder chase highlighted by the disappearance of the body until after the killer strikes a second time. All in all, it's a typical Asey Mayo adventure full of sparkling wit and crisp dialogue....
