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Murder on the rocks : an original novel / by Robert Dietrich.

Title
Murder on the rocks : an original novel / by Robert Dietrich.
Author
Hunt, E. Howard (Everette Howard), 1918-2007.
Publication
New York : Dell, 1957.

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TextRequest in advance PS3505.R267 M877 1957Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Sussman, Arthur, 1927-
  • Dell Publishing Company publisher.
  • Western Printing and Lithographing Company printer.
Description
192 p.; 17 cm.
Summary
"The temperature's rising ... Cool: that was Silvio, a junkie who turned on the heat when he took over another man's wife, and a fortune in jewels. Hot: that was the Madagascar Green, a chunk of 29-carat emerald whose legacy was sure, and sudden, death. Torrid: that was Iris, who made her own play for the stolen Green, and for the man willing and able to get it for her. I was the man. And, at least in the beginning, I was more than willing ..."--
Series Statement
Dell first edition ; A141
Subject
  • Bentley, Steve (Fictitious character) > Fiction
  • Accountants > Fiction
  • Private investigators > Washington (D.C.) > Fiction
  • Murder > Investigation > Washington (D.C.) > Fiction
  • Pulp literature, American > Specimens
  • Washington (D.C.) > Fiction
Genre/Form
Mystery fiction
Indexed In (note)
  • Lyles, W.H. Dell paperbacks, 1942 to mid-1962,
  • Reginald, R. Cumulative paperback index, 1939-1959,
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
LCCN
^^^57008468^
OCLC
  • 18010832
  • SCSB-11349683
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library