Parachute Murder
Published on 1. November 2019
266 pages
978-1-78912-981-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Parachute Murder, first published in 1933, is a classic 'golden-age' murder mystery, opening with a unique twist (from the dust-jacket): "MURDER in the air! The body of a popular Broadway star is found in an Ohio field, under an opened parachute, with a bullet through his heart. Police of two states find themselves up a blind alley, and the New York District Attorney calls in a new type of amateur detective-Kirk Kemerson, character actor, who becomes speedily involved in a baffling mystery, complicated by a second murder and a kidnapping. Studying the mind, habits, life and character of the murdered star as he would study a "character" part in a play, Kemerson solves the mystery in a thrillingly novel and dramatic denouement ... A murder mystery of a new type to test the ingenuity of detective novel addicts!"
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I - THE DEATH FLOAT
- CHAPTER II - PUBLICITY HOUND
- CHAPTER III - A THREAT COMES HOME TO ROOST
- CHAPTER IV - TRAILING LIGHTS
- CHAPTER V - A NOSE FOR NEWS
- CHAPTER VI - THE WARNING
- CHAPTER VII - FEAR OVER THE TELEPHONE
- CHAPTER VIII - A LETTER FROM THE DEAD
- CHAPTER IX - KIYOSHI DISAPPEARS
- CHAPTER X - THE ACCOUNT OF THE EAR-WITNESS
- CHAPTER XI - AN ACTOR IN HIS ELEMENT
- CHAPTER XII - A FAST ONE IS PUT OVER ON KEMERSON
- CHAPTER XIII - "WATASH KEREO KAROSU JO"
- CHAPTER XIV - THE STORY BREWSTER'S ORDERLY TOLD
- CHAPTER XV - A KIDNAPPING AND TWO ARRESTS
- CHAPTER XVI - VIDA LATTERBY DECIDES TO TALK
- CHAPTER XVII - LIEUTENANT BREWSTER REPORTS A MURDER
- CHAPTER XVIII - TRAPPED!
- CHAPTER XIX - BLAKE CASTS HIMSELF FOR THE HERO'S ROLE
- CHAPTER XX - BETTERLING IS EXPLANATORY AND EVASIVE
- CHAPTER XXI - THE CAPTIVE LOVERS
- CHAPTER XXII - A NEW MOTIVE
- CHAPTER XXIII - THE MISSING DETECTIVE
- CHAPTER XXIV - AN IDENTIFICATION THAT WENT WRONG
- CHAPTER XXV - A CALL ON ARTHUR LAYMAN
- CHAPTER XXVI - WHOSE CHILD?
- CHAPTER XXVII - A CRIME IN SHADOWS
- CHAPTER XXVIII - DOUBLE ESCAPE
