{"product_id":"2026200013865-secondhand-i-smell-the-devil","title":"I Smell The Devil","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First British ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\n\nMagoon'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 \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160994848987,"sku":"2026200013865-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7e2de7a4-a3e6-41da-9844-82cd16d2e2bf.png?v=1787188657","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013865-secondhand-i-smell-the-devil","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}