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Lucille Fletcher : The Strange Blue Yawl

Random House, New York, 1964

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BH5 - A first edition (First printing stated) hardcover book in very condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. A Brilliant Novel of Suspense. 8.25"x5.75", 168 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Jack and Mary Leeds were awakened one dead of night by a woman's screams coming from the water beside which they lived in Maryland. Through their windows they saw a boat, and as they rushed outside, it set sail from their little harbor into the water beyond. Frantically, in a rowboat, they pursued it but, of course, it was no use. The yawl disappeared over the horizon. The only thing they knew was that its color was blue. Jack was busy preparing for a concert of his very modern music, and so Mary undertook to find the boat, its owner and, hopefully, the name of the victim. They had no doubt that some woman had been murdered that night on board the blue yawl. Every night Mary came home and reported her extraordinary experiences with the local residents and their dubious stories. Strange voices threatened the Leedses on the telephone. "Stop looking," the voices said, "Play it safe, forget the blue yawl." Nobody was reported missing, there was no corpse, there was no boat. Who was killed on the blue yawl? Who would be killed next? The dénouement is an extraordinary de force.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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