THE HAND OF SOLANGE **FIRST MYSTERY**

Rippon, Marion (Edith Simpson)

Published by Crime Club Doubleday, Garden City, New York,, 1969

About this Item

First edition, so stated. Light wear to cloth, glue remains at rear inside cover (ex-lb/bookplate?) else near fine in rubbed dust jacket. with wear to head & foot of spine, not price clipped, $4.50 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Her 1st book. Insp. Maurice Ygrec; France. Solange is an enormous, grotesque woman with one redeeming feature -- her beautiful hands. She lives out a semi-demented existence in a grubby little French cafe until the day the young gendarme stumbles in with a dagger in his back. She decides to keep him, her "beautiful secret" locked in the wardrobe. Then a waitress disappears. But then she is distracted by her husband Henri who discovers other beautiful secrets -- hoarded money. Inspector Ygrec suspects that both are connected with a series of strange occurances in the neighborhood. But even he is unprepared for the the bizarre, unforgettable nightmare the investigation becomes.

Seller Inventory # 001496

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE HAND OF SOLANGE **FIRST MYSTERY**
• Publisher: Crime Club Doubleday, Garden City, New York,
• Publication Date: 1969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good-Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Z 25
  • France
  • Police
  • Mystery and Detective
  • Z 33