I Smell The Devil
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First British ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the quiet unease of a seemingly ordinary world, something sinister stirs in I Smell the Devil — a taut, atmospheric mystery that draws readers into a web of suspicion, danger, and moral ambiguity. Carey Magoon, a mid-20th-century American author who wrote several mystery novels under that name, constructs a narrative steeped in tension, where a protagonist's instincts warn of lurking evil long before the threat fully reveals itself, forcing a reckoning with hidden truths buried beneath respectable surfaces. Magoon's prose is precise and controlled, wielding restraint as a literary tool to amplify dread, crafting a story that belongs firmly in the tradition of classic mid-century crime fiction. The novel illustrates how evil rarely announces itself loudly — instead, it seeps in through cracks in the familiar, unsettling the comfortable and the complacent alike. Published by the prestigious Cassell & Company Limited, with distribution across London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, and Wellington, this work reached a wide audience hungry for intelligent, suspenseful storytelling. For those who relish mysteries that reward patience and punish complacency, the question is not whether the devil is present — but whether anyone will believe it before it is too late.
Author: Carey Magoon
Format: Hardback
Published: 1949, Cassell & Company Limited
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: First British ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the quiet unease of a seemingly ordinary world, something sinister stirs in I Smell the Devil — a taut, atmospheric mystery that draws readers into a web of suspicion, danger, and moral ambiguity. Carey Magoon, a mid-20th-century American author who wrote several mystery novels under that name, constructs a narrative steeped in tension, where a protagonist's instincts warn of lurking evil long before the threat fully reveals itself, forcing a reckoning with hidden truths buried beneath respectable surfaces. Magoon's prose is precise and controlled, wielding restraint as a literary tool to amplify dread, crafting a story that belongs firmly in the tradition of classic mid-century crime fiction. The novel illustrates how evil rarely announces itself loudly — instead, it seeps in through cracks in the familiar, unsettling the comfortable and the complacent alike. Published by the prestigious Cassell & Company Limited, with distribution across London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, and Wellington, this work reached a wide audience hungry for intelligent, suspenseful storytelling. For those who relish mysteries that reward patience and punish complacency, the question is not whether the devil is present — but whether anyone will believe it before it is too late.