1st printing. I stumbled across this pulp obscurity entirely by accident and really enjoyed it. Our hero, Inspector Hanaud, is an amusing blend of Poirot and Columbo.

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Title: THEY WOULD'N'T BE CHESSMEN
Publisher: Critics Choice
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0931773121
ISBN 13: 9780931773129
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: near fine paperback.

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Nahendra Nao, heir to the Maharajah of Chitipur, unwisely lets Elsie Marsh of the Casino de Paris wear his ancestral pearls, which react badly to her skin. In order to restore their lustre his secretary, Major Scott Carruthers, hires a beautiful, down-on-her-luck opera singer, Lydia Flight, to wear them while they heal. They take a houseboat on the Seine near Caudebec-en-Caux, and while there make the acquaintance of Julius Ricardo. When the pearls are stolen Ricardo teams up with his old friend Inspector Gabriel Hanaud to solve the mystery.

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