{"product_id":"the-capital-murder-a-golden-age-mystery-reprint-paperback","title":"The Capital Murder: (A Golden-Age Mystery Reprint) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Z. Alner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCurtis Evans\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive men are discussing crime in the garden of the Serpentine Club in Washington D.C. when news comes of the death, apparently from an overdose of morphine, of a beautiful and mysterious Argentine woman in a Washington mansion. Four of the men present find themselves engaged in helping the fifth, Commissioner Selden, to investigate the case which becomes stranger and more complex as it progresses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClues are plentiful but the trail is a long one, and before Trevor Stoke, a scientist and one of the four, has found its end, the reader has followed with him many a false scent, delighted in many clever deductions, but never guessed the solution. \u003cem\u003eThe Capital Murder\u003c\/em\u003e is a detective story in the true sense of the phrase, but it has all the rapid action, the breath-taking speed of the thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Capital Murder \u003c\/em\u003ewas first published in 1932. This title includes racial caricatures and epithets that may not be suitable for all readers. This edition includes both introduction and afterword by detective fiction historian Curtis Evans. The introduction looks at the question of who exactly wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Capital Murder \u003c\/em\u003eunder the pseudonym, James Z. Alner. The afterword discusses race and bigotry in the context of these early mysteries and detective fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537909018931,"sku":"9781616464240","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dUxpUTBXSU9NSHZuQTFmRncyczJEdz09.webp?v=1760824620","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-capital-murder-a-golden-age-mystery-reprint-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}