Publisher's Synopsis
- A dark, brooding, murderous tale from the Golden Age of Crime. - Praise for the author's first book THE MYSTERY OF THE HIDDEN ROOM: 'A gripping detective tale' THE DAILY MAIL. A man is discovered in a New York hotel room, stabbed in the heart with a sinister skull shape burned into his chest. When another victim is found dead in Rio de Janeiro in similar circumstances the young Private Investigator Graydon McKelvie is called in to investigate. He brilliantly pieces together the case to discover the shocking truth. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Marion Harvey was a Brazilian-born American lawyer who wrote a number of detective novels and plays in the 1920s. A rather elusive figure, he practised law in Ohio before moving to Los Angeles. A discovery of innovative New York publisher, Edward J. Clode (publisher of Armitage Trail's SCARFACE), his 1922 debut novel, THE MYSTERY OF THE HIDDEN ROOM was well received ('A gripping detective tale' THE DAILY MAIL). Five more novels and two plays followed, with performances of the latter recorded in New York, Alabama and Pennsylvania.
