The Murder That Wouldn't Stay Solved

Dell 883, 223 pp. Reading copy. Cover well creased, slanted, some edge wear, front cover price clipped, a couple creased to covers and some rubbing, spine cracked in half at page 90 and front cover starting to separate from text, tear across top of title page. Pages tanned but text is unmarked. Reading copy. "You know the kind of hotel - it's sordid and cheap and dismal, and you hear noise through the walls all night. But you can check in at any hour - with or without baggage - and no questions asked. "It's strictly private . . . until a little item like murder gives it top spot on the police blotter. Like on the night the older man takes a room with a young boy - and is found beaten to death in the morning. "Here is a mystery with the stark authenticity of your morning newspaper, straight and on-the-level."; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall.