Just Not Making Mayhem Like They Used To by Von Elsner, Don - 1961

New York: New American Library - A Signet Book, 1961. First Printing Stated . Mass Market. Good. 142 Pages. Signet No. S2040. Tight square book with red page edges. Small pieces of the corners have broken off and there is wear to the edges and spine area. Just a hint of age-taanning teo some pages and inside of covers. Interior text pages are complete. An insurance company hires Colonel David Danning to check on a suspiciously large number of policyholder suicides. Danning, the detective with steel-trap fearlessness and modern finesse, uncovers a sordid con-game that reeks of sin, sex, and death - the most ingenious plot ever devised by a twisted mind to drive men to their graves. It is Danning's most dangerous match: his cunning against an unseen assailant who gets rich quick, and kills quicker. Homer Pettingill was a decent little man, sober, industrious, and a pillar of his community. Until he attended a convention, met up with a back-slapping buddy, drank enough daiquiris to douse his… Read More

Signet S2040 stated first printing. December,1961. Showing some exterior wear, previous owner's initials on first page, otherwise contents are clean.

NY: New American Library. Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Paperback. Sinet s2040 .

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New York: Signet. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. 1st Printing. Pocket PB. Signet S2040 .

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