A modern edition of a mystery from the 1940s. "Spies and murderers on the loose in San Francisco during World War II." Minimal wear. A very good or better copy.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Yellow Violet (Rue Morgue Classic British Mysteries)
Publisher: Rue Morgue Press, Boulder, CO
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1601870485
ISBN 13: 9781601870483
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: First Thus
Printing: none stated
Condition: Very Good - Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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This third outing In the Pat and Jean Abbott series is set in the early weeks of World War II at a time when everyone smoked and women wore girdles. Private detective Pat is back home in San Fancisco hours away from marrying Jean Holly when a fellow detective is murdered in his office, the only clue a yellow violet. As it so happens, a beautiful Spanish entertainer, a refugee fromt he Spanish Civil War--whose trade mark is the yellow violet--is in town on tour accompanied by her mother, her manager, and a dachshund named Pancho. Throw in a few Italian fascists ("They don't fight very well," says Pat, "but they know how to spy") and you've got enough trouble to halt anyone's nuptials. First published in 1942.

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