This is a respectfully used soft cover book in VERY GOOD  CONDITION—from a smoke-free environment.  The photo you see is of the actual item you will receive.  Please feel free to ask any questions you have about this listing.    

Otto Penzler presents American Mystery Classics:  THE DUTCH SHOE MYSTERY – by Ellery Queen.    Introduction by Otto Penzler.

A pre-op murder leads to a hospital whodunit for Ellery Queen—from the author hailed as “the most important American in mystery fiction” (Otto Penzler). The son of a police detective, Ellery Queen grew up in a bloody atmosphere. Since he started lending his deductive powers to the New York City homicide squad, he has seen more than his fair share of mangled corpses. Though he is accustomed to gore, the thought of seeing a living person sliced open makes him ill. So when a doctor invites him to sit in on an operation, Queen braces his stomach. As it happens, his stomach is spared, but his brain must go to work. The patient is Abigail Doorn, a millionairess in a diabetic coma. To prepare her for surgery, the hospital staff has stabilized her blood sugar level and wheeled her to the operating theater—but just before the first incision, the doctors realize she is dead, strangled while lying unconscious on her gurney. Queen came to the hospital to watch surgeons work, but now it’s his time to operate. 

Penzler Publishers - ©1931, ©2019 – ISBN 978-1-61316-127-2 – 300 pages – the book measures approx. 5 ¼ x 8.    

The book is in very good condition; light reading wear; binding tight; pages clean and crisp--no writing, no underlining, no highlighting; cover edges rubbed/chipped; normal shelf wear.  Nice, tight, clean, crisp copy.    

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