"He is a gentlemanly,
mild-mannered old guy, and for looks you would think that a sneeze would blow
him away. He likes accidents. Sometimes he likes illnesses. And once you turn
him loose on a job, you never see him until it's over."
Then Christine put all of her
money in an annuity, and it became Alan's main object in life to protect
Christine from the murder he had engineered. In a ménage full of completely
fantastic characters, Alan trembles and shrieks and curses, frantically
wondering when the blow is to fall on his golden egg.
This special edition of THE
DEADLY DOVE by Rufus King has been made available to the Armed Forces of the United
States through an arrangement with the original publisher, Doubleday, Doran and
Co., Inc., New York.
Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., a non-profit organization established by the Council on Books in War.
The Deadly Dove is a fast-paced and suspenseful story, with witty dialogue and clever twists. The characters are well-drawn and the setting is atmospheric. Fans of golden age detective fiction will enjoy this book, which showcases King's skill as a master of the genre.