1946 MURDER UP MY SLEEVE ERLE STANLEY GARDNER POCKET 3RD Paperback Book

Description: Very good condition. Terry Clane. Suspect and Sleuth Terry Clane had no idea why the district attorney had sent for him. He didn't know whether he was supposed to be a witness to something, or party to a major crime. But the questions soon came at him, sharp and cold. Did he know Jacob Mandra, the bailbond broker? Mandra, Terry explained, had written to him in China, asking Terry to pick up a sleeve gun for him. Before that they'd never met, but... The next question came. what was a sleeve gun? He explained the working of the deadly weapon, and admitted that although he hadn't brought one for Mandra, he had one of his own that he had planned to give him. But you didn't?" "No," Terry said. Then the district attorney sprang it: "Mandra was murdered sometime before three o'clock this morning. The cause of death was a steel-tipped dart shot into his heart-probably by a sleeve gun. Pocket Books are carefully selected from the lists of all leading publishers. They bring you the world's best reading in editions of high- est quality at the lowest possible price. PERMA-GLOSS REG US PAT OFF ----------- 2 ----------- ΤΟ KIT KING LOUIS Ngoh geh pang yieu dak beit chung meng Sin Sahng In memory of a rainy day at the railroad station in Peiping ----------- 3 ----------- CAST OF CHARACTERS ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE Terry Clane, ex-student of "concentration" in a Chinese monastery, he concentrated himself into a mess and out of it.. Parker Dixon, the D. A. His disarming smile does not reach his eyes Jacob Mandra, a bail-bond broker who collected death-dealing knickknacks-the last one in his heart Alma Renton, famous artist, who painted a black pic- ture for herself. IN THE Sou Ha, piquant mixture of Orient and Occident; a loyal friend to Terry, she could have been more Yat T'oy, Terry's ancient Ganymede. He "savvied" more than the making of Tom Collinses. George Levering, who always played the wrong horses and gave the Rentons a bad tip Cynthia Renton, Alma's sister. An emotional volcano and in trouble up to her pretty ears Inspector Malloy, Homicide, who always said it was "just too bad" the things he had to do and always did them Dr. P. C. Sedler, a hypocritical Hippocrates. William Shield, who made his living lying in bed. Fred Stevens, who made his living lying in the road Juanita Mandra, a fiery and vindictive widow . "Stubby" Nash, suitor of Cynthia, who wore his heart on his sleeve and a chip on his shoulder. C. Renmore Howland, a lawyer who believed in trial by perjury. TERRY CLANE SAT WAITING IN THE OUTER OFFICE OF THE district attorney; and had no idea why he was waiting, nor for what. In the background of his immediate memory was the recollection of peremptory knuckles on his door, of men pushing past Yat T'oy, his Chinese servant, and into his bedroom, waiting while he dressed, of being hustled into a police car, which, with screaming siren clearing its way through traffic, had rushed him to the district attorney's office. Against the background of these hectic and scrambled memories, the irksome waiting in the district attorney's outer office was a period of nerve strain which made the clacking of the wall clock seem a veritable tattoo of ac- cusation. 7 bil som The blond young woman at the information desk, from time to time, made a surreptitious study of Terry Clane's profile. Keeping his eyes averted, yet conscious of her scrutiny, Terry wondered whether the district attorney had perhaps instructed her to observe and report upon his demeanor, or if her interest were purely gratuitous. It was shortly before ten o'clock. Trial deputies bustled importantly from the side doors flanking the long corridor, pushed open the swinging gate and strode across the outer office. As they walked they flung words over their shoulders to the girl who sat at the desk marked "Information." 1

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