A classic from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. "One of the best books by a mystery novelist whose work is always of first rank." --The New York Times Something is afoot at the Ivory Gallery in... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Just a warning--Campion does not appear in this book. But it is a good, solid mystery with a lot going for it.The action centers around the Ivory's art gallery, where a series of malicious pranks are causing problems. When a valuable painting is slashed right before an opening, things really come to a head. There's a pretend engagement, a man come back from the dead, an unscrupulous business manager, and finally, a murder. The ending is very exciting. My only complaints are that the policeman in charge of the case is more of a characture that a real person and that the identity of the weapon is not as much of a secret to the reader as it is to the police.
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