The Pierced Ear Murders

[1947]. 192pp. Orange cloth boards, worn, marked and faded. Lending sheet on endpaper, no other library markings. Well thumbed and softening. Two pages have old tape repairs. In its original pictorial dust jacket (chipped a bit at edges, worn, shelf wear on verso and fraying at spine tips. Hard to find title. Michael Sarne (1883-1961) was an American writer who under the pseudonym Thomas Arthur Plummer was a popular crime fiction and mystery writer in the 1930s. His main series character was Inspector Andrew Frampton, who features in this novel. Jacket fitted with archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong its life. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket. 12vo 0