The French Key.

FRANK GRUBER

Publication: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1940, New York

First edition. Author's first mystery. Introduces Johnny Fletcher & Sam Cragg. Signed by the author on the front free fly leaf. A fresh, near fine, tight copy with bright red top-staining in a bright, unfaded dust jacket with some minor restoration at the edges. Johnny Fletcher returns to his hotel room and finds it locked by means of a French key for non-payment of his rent. He manages to circumvent the manager and get into his room, only to find a dead man and an unusual gold coin. An attractive copy of the first Johnny Fletcher mystery.

Inventory Number: 49226