A Puzzle for Fools (Classic Crime) - Softcover

Quentin, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140080813 ISBN 13: 9780140080810

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1987

Synopsis

Broadway producer Peter Duluth sought solace in a bottle after his wife’s death; now, two years later and desperate to dry out, he enters a sanitarium, hoping to break his dependence on drink—but the institution doesn’t quite offer the rest and relaxation he expected. Strange, malevolent occurrences plague the hospital; and among other inexplicable events, Peter hears his own voice with an ominous “There will be murder.” It soon becomes clear that a homicidal maniac is on the loose, and, with a staff every bit as erratic as its idiosyncratic patients, it seems everyone is a suspect—even Duluth’s new romantic interest, Iris Pattison. Charged by the baffled head of the ward with solving the crimes, it’s up to Peter to clear her name before the killer strikes again. Reprinted for the first time in over thirty years, A Puzzle for Fools is the atmospheric and complex mystery that first introduced Peter Duluth; the character and his love interest Iris went on to star in eight more novels, two of which were adapted for film.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140080813
• ISBN 13: 9780140080810
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192