The Paradise Mystery
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Octavo, 306 pages, publisher's original color pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's original cloth covered boards. J. S. Fletcher’s The Paradise Mystery is a classic early twentieth-century detective novel by one of the most prolific and popular British mystery writers of the period. Set around the ancient cathedral town of Wrychester, the story opens with a suspicious death near Paradise, the secluded enclosure by the cathedral, and follows the gradual unraveling of a mystery involving hidden identities, inheritance, old secrets, and murder. Fletcher’s work helped shape the “Golden Age” tradition of English detective fiction, combining atmospheric provincial settings, antiquarian details, legal complications, and methodical investigation. This 1928 Grosset & Dunlap edition preserves the appeal of Fletcher’s widely read mystery fiction for the American market, especially desirable in the original pictorial dust jacket. A few small rips to the otherwise nice dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription, else in very good + condition. Item #361
Price: $250.00