The Ghosts' High Noon (Murder Room Ser.)
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- Synopsis
- John Dickson Carr, one of the masters of the British-style detective novel, evokes the danger and delights of 1912 New Orleans in this puzzling murder mysteryJournalist and spy novelist Jim Blake takes an assignment for Harper&’s Weekly that puts him on a train to New Orleans, where congressional candidate James Claiborne Blake is being targeted by enemies who threaten to reveal that there is a glamorous Creole courtesan in his past. But in New Orleans, a sexual indiscretion is not enough to ruin a politician. That would require murder.When one of Clay&’s supporters is found murdered, Jim Blake sets out to clear the candidate&’s name—a dangerous mission in a city that comes alive at night, where rumor can be as deadly as poison.
- Copyright:
- 1969
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 301 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781480472495
- Publisher:
- Open Road Media
- Date of Addition:
- 09/17/23
- Copyrighted By:
- John Dickson Carr
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.