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Rocket to the Morgue (American Mystery Classics) by Anthony BoucherAs the overly-protective heir to a beloved literary estate, Hilary Foulkes has made numerous enemies among the fans and authors stifled by his inflexibility -- so many enemies, in fact, that when he is stabbed nearly to death in a room with only one door, which nobody was seen entering or exiting, he's hardly sure who to suspect. As more attempts are made on Foulkes' life, more clues point to the identity of his would-be murderer; each one draws the heir's hired protectors -- Lieutenant Terence Marshall and his assistant, the inquisitive nun, Sister Ursula -- deeper into the strange, idiosyncratic, and unexpectedly dangerous world of science fiction in its early days.
With characters based on Anthony Boucher's friends, including Robert Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and John W. Campbell, Rocket to the Morgue is both a classic locked-room mystery and an enduring portrait of a real-life writing community.
Anthony Boucher (1911 - 1968) was an… Read More
