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The Man Who Asked Why, Jessica Ryan, 1945

$19.00 USD
$19.00 USD
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Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company under their Crime Club imprint in 1945, this mystery novel by Jessica Ryan follows a detective whose investigative method turns on the questions he asks rather than the conclusions he reaches.

A Crime Club selection from the final years of the Second World War, the book belongs to the tradition of tightly plotted American mystery fiction that made Doubleday's imprint one of the most reliably readable in the genre, and this copy's 1946 inscription marks it as a gift from its first year in circulation.

Red cloth hardcover showing significant fading across the boards; no dust jacket present; previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. Please review all photos carefully, and email me with any questions.

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