Mary M. Atwater - Crime in Corn-Weather - Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1935, First Edition.

New York, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1935. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. One inch tear to the top of the jacket, a little creasing and bumping, and a few further short tears. Some ageing to the leaves, but largely in nice shape. Spine a bit rubbed. "William Breen, hard-hearted banker of Keedora, Iowa, is shot by an unknown assailant whose identity remains a mystery until the very end. This is a perfect murder because there is no corpus delicti and no real clue - only a deserted Buick with blood on the back cushions. The reason for the murder and how it was com- mitted and concealed come out gradually as the story unfolds and the little village fills with newspaper men and curiosity seekers." Blurb from the flap. [11850, Hyraxia Books].