INVENTORY #161312
The rat began to gnaw the rope
GRAFTON, C. W.
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Cornelius Warren ("Chip") Grafton (1909 1982) took the title of this book, his first mystery novel, from a nursery rhyme, The Old Woman and Her Pig. The hero of this story, lawyer Gilmore Henry, also appears in his next tale, The Rope Began to Hang the Butcher. Grafton's daughter Sue (19402017) also became a crime writer and is famous for her "Alphabet Series" of crime novels.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Dell
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1943
- Place Published: New York
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
Dell 180. 240 p. 17 cm. Paperback. Crime scene on rear cover. Light creasing to covers. First leaf detached. Paper browning.