Stranger Than Truth by Vera Caspary, St. John Publishing Co., NY, 1950, 79 pp..
Reader's-Choice Library #11. June 1950. 1st printing. Cover art by Wayne Blickenstaff. The series waffled between digest and paperback size. This is one was issued in rack size. Abridged Edition.
A square, tight and bright copy. On the front color is the indent of an erased letter. The pages are tanned, supple, tight to the spine and free of any markings.
Condition - Fine.
312550
Vera Caspary
(1899 - 1987)
aka Sergei Marinoff
Vera Caspary, the famed author of Laura, gives us another gripping crime drama, told through shifting points of view. John Ansell, young and idealistic editor of Truth and Crime magazine order, wants to breathe new life into the stale and formulaic publication. Instead of rehashing a story that's already been proven popular elsewhere, he finds a fresh one: the murder of Warren G. Wilson, famed figurehead of a correspondence course. The murder itself isn't too remarkable-just a bullet in the back-but the victim is another case, as it becomes apparent that despite having a household name, nothing is known about him. Perhaps even more peculiar is how Ansell's boss absolutely refuses to run the story and, soon thereafter, Ansell is poisoned. Caspary masterfully allows the truth to slowly untangle in this incredibly woven mystery.
Product code: Stranger Than Truth by Vera Caspary - 1946 Reader's Choice order #11 - Wayne Blickenstaff cover art