The Mouse In The Mountain

NORBERT DAVIS

Publication: Morrow, 1943, New York

First edition. Author's first book. Fine, bright, tight copy in dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends. Introduces Doan and Carstairs, an unusual sleuthing team. Doan is a private eye who won Carstairs, a Great Dane, in a crap game. Set in the village of Los Altos, Mexico, an earthquake causes widespread destruction and precipitates three cold-blooded murders. Recommended by 1001 Midnights p.189 that says "The scene is Mexico, where Doan has come to persuade a fugitive crook not to return to the United States and give himself up". Scarce.

Inventory Number: 32999