A Gentle Murderer
$31.71
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2023
Summary
Hailed by critic Anthony Boucher as “one of the best detective stories of modern times,” this classic tale by Grand Master Dorothy Salisbury Davis combines suspense and psychological insight as a priest and a police detective both race to find a self-confessed murderer before he is compelled to kill again.
“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned …”
Father Duffy has heard many confessions through the years, but none quite so disturbing as the one he’s heard tonight. A young man en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781728271958 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1728271959 |
| Author: | Dorothy Salisbury Davis |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 10g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Library of Congress Crime Classics |
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“A simmering tour de force of detection from both ends of the trail [where a] priest and a police detective, working unaware of each other, seek the killer of a Manhattan call girl.” – Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1916 - 2014) was born in Chicago, and worked there in advertising, as a research librarian and as an editor of The Merchandiser before she began writing crime fiction. Her novels explore psychological suspense, and she was nominated for the Edgar Award eight times. She also served as President of the Mystery Writers of America in 1956 and was declared a Grand Master by the MWA in 1985. She was on the initial steering committee of Sisters in Crime.
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