The Spanish Cape Mystery
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A classic entry in the golden age of detective fiction, The Spanish Cape Mystery stands as one of Ellery Queen's most cunningly constructed puzzles. When a murdered man is found naked except for a black cape on the remote Spanish Cape peninsula, the brilliant amateur sleuth Ellery Queen is drawn into a labyrinthine investigation filled with eccentric suspects and clever misdirection. Queen masterfully uncovers layer after layer of deception, presenting readers with all the clues needed to solve the case before the stunning reveal. Witty, rigorous, and compulsively readable, this 1935 novel remains a benchmark of fair-play mystery writing, challenging armchair detectives to match wits with one of fiction's greatest minds.
Author: Ellery Queen
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981, Hamlyn
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A classic entry in the golden age of detective fiction, The Spanish Cape Mystery stands as one of Ellery Queen's most cunningly constructed puzzles. When a murdered man is found naked except for a black cape on the remote Spanish Cape peninsula, the brilliant amateur sleuth Ellery Queen is drawn into a labyrinthine investigation filled with eccentric suspects and clever misdirection. Queen masterfully uncovers layer after layer of deception, presenting readers with all the clues needed to solve the case before the stunning reveal. Witty, rigorous, and compulsively readable, this 1935 novel remains a benchmark of fair-play mystery writing, challenging armchair detectives to match wits with one of fiction's greatest minds.