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THE CERBERUS MURDERS
- By Rodney Quest -
ISBN:
Publisher: The McCall Publishing Company, New York, USA
Published: 1970
Binding: HARDcover with Dustjacket 215 pages
Condition: UNread & displayed condition! HERE in MELBOURNE! A retired display
copy as illustrated!
Edition: STATED FIRST EDITION: 1st printing 1970
TIGHT, SCARCE HARDCOVER WITH DUSTJACKET ~ IN MELBOURNE ...
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The actual HARDcover book remains UNread - it was the display copy instore and then placed in storage. The dustjacket has edge wear and small underside repairs to folds. The book is Tight - neat, no inscriptions or marks within and strong red tint to top page edges. Mild foxing to page edges. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!! A nicely preserved copy - superb!
No discernible shelf wear, the interior is tight and spotlessly clean with 215 pages. THIS copy is the FIRST EDITION: Only printing from 1970 - the US publishing by The McCall Publishing Company, New York.
SCARCE title - this is an UNread copy!!
In original beige papered boards with gold decoration to front panel and tan quarter cloth to the spine HARDcover binding, in publisher's dustjacket which has some edge wear and small underside fold repair.
(Stored with 2024!)
Measures approx. 8½ x 6 inches or 22 x 14cms
SYNOPSIS ....
From Inside the Dustjacket
Peter Quentin is a London solicitor, an art expert and an amateur detective. his brother-in-law, a Scotland Yard superintendent, calls him in to help with a gruesome murder next door, where a headless torso has been found in the bathtub. The only clue: a fragment of an ancient statuette found in the pocket of a jacket wrapped around the corpse.
With this slender clue and his knowledge of art and archaeology, Quentin plunges into the strange world of dealers, restorers, collectors, scholars, and diggers. The murderer keeps one step ahead - and a series of severed heads and headless bodies practically litters his path.
Central to Quentin's investigation is a recent expedition to an ancient site. A Quentin discovers, this expedition has produced hidden scandals, undercover rivalries, passionate jealousies, the revival of an ancient bloodthirsty religion, and several other motives for murder. the dark secrets of the recent past rival anything in the ancient history they relate to, and Quentin's trail leads to a scene of ultimate horror.
The pace is swift, the characters entertaining, the writing stylish, the mystery deep. and the bodies piled high.
About the Author from back of dustjacket
Rodney Quest is especially well qualified to write this book, being both a barrister and an art expert. Much-decorated in two wars, he has also served as a physicist in an Admiralty "secret establishment." The Cerebus Murders is his sixth book.
Very Entertaining read!
Marvellous Reading!
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