The Smoking Mirror

HELEN MCCLOY

Publication: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979, New York

First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Set in France in the war-torn spring of 1940, a series of events cause Celia McNeill to become involved in a scheme to provide her with badly needed cash. If she hadn't needed cash badly she would have never gotten involved with a man who said he could make her a fortune with her last ten thousand francs. But the man was good to his word, so good that others noticed his skill at the casino, which eventually led to murder. An exceptional copy.

Inventory Number: 35830