Death In Ecstasy
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1940.
When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of the Sacred Flame, she was having a religious experience of a sort unsuspected by the other initiates. Discovering how the fatal prussic acid got into the bizarre group's wine is but one of the perplexing riddles that confronts Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn when he's called to discover who sent this wealthy cult member to her untimely death.
Condition grading: Fair. Heavy crease to grubby front cover (crease extends to some of the first few inside pages). Scuff to grubby rear cover. Wear to ends of grubby spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1940.
When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of the Sacred Flame, she was having a religious experience of a sort unsuspected by the other initiates. Discovering how the fatal prussic acid got into the bizarre group's wine is but one of the perplexing riddles that confronts Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn when he's called to discover who sent this wealthy cult member to her untimely death.
Condition grading: Fair. Heavy crease to grubby front cover (crease extends to some of the first few inside pages). Scuff to grubby rear cover. Wear to ends of grubby spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1940.
When lovely Cara Quayne dropped dead to the floor after drinking the ritual wine at the House of the Sacred Flame, she was having a religious experience of a sort unsuspected by the other initiates. Discovering how the fatal prussic acid got into the bizarre group's wine is but one of the perplexing riddles that confronts Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn when he's called to discover who sent this wealthy cult member to her untimely death.
Condition grading: Fair. Heavy crease to grubby front cover (crease extends to some of the first few inside pages). Scuff to grubby rear cover. Wear to ends of grubby spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
