Millionaire playboy detective Justin Delancey must deal with "robbery, blackmail, kidnapping, insanity and murder, in a story that moves from Paris hotels, to eerie castles and garish nigh clubs, and with a beautiful young actress in deadly danger" (one hardly ever reads about millionaire playboy detectives saving ugly aging actresses from danger, deadly or otherwise). 192 pages. Mildly cocked w/moderate edgewear, scraping to left edge of front cover, crease to top right corner of front cover, longer crease to top left corner of back cover, tanning, stitching visible between some signatures.
Title: The Tall Man
Edition: 1st thus.
Illustrator: Margaret Paull (cover illustration)
Location Published: Toronto, Colins White Circle 266: 1946
Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Good to Very Good
Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Type: Book
Categories: Mystery--Suspense--Thriller (paperback), Vintage Paperbacks (pre-1970)
Seller ID: 019248
Keywords: actress, actresses, blackmail, detectives, justin delancey, kidnapping, murder, noisbn, paris, playboys, robbery