The Widening Stain
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The Widening Stain

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The Widening Stain

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A Golden Age classic. In this "sparkling academic mystery, " murders plague a university library— and only an intrepid book cataloger can solve them ( Publishers Weekly ). For the staff of the library at the center ofThe Widening Stain, it's easy enough to dismiss the death of a woman who fell from a rolling ladder as nothing more than an unfortunate accident. It's more difficult, however, to explain away the strangled corpse of a man found inside a locked room, surrounded by rare and obscure erotica. And that's not all—a valuable manuscript has vanished from the stacks, which means that both a killer and a thief are loose in the facility's hallowed halls. It's up to chief cataloger Gilda Gorham to solve the crimes but, unless she's careful, the next death in the library might just be her own... A humorous and literary Golden Age mystery, The Widening Stain is adorned with as many playful limericks as it is with bibliographic details. The book, which offers a satirical glimpse of academic life at an institution strongly resembling Cornell University, is one of the most beloved bibliomysteries (mysteries involving books) of all time. "[A] smart and humorous classic." — Mystery Scene "Baffling... a good story with an academic atmosphere." — The New York Times

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Publisher
American Mystery Classics
Year
2020
ISBN
9781613161708
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Crime & Mystery Literature
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter I
  5. Chapter II
  6. Chapter III
  7. Chapter IV
  8. Chapter V
  9. Chapter VI
  10. Chapter VII
  11. Chapter VIII
  12. Chapter IX
  13. Chapter X
  14. Chapter XI
  15. Chapter XII
  16. Chapter XIII
  17. Chapter XIV
  18. Chapter XV
  19. Chapter XVI
  20. Chapter XVII
  21. Chapter XVIII
  22. Chapter XIX
  23. Chapter XX
  24. Discussion Questions
  25. American Mystery Classics from Penzler Publishers
  26. Otto Penzler Presents American Mystery Classics
  27. The Widening Stain
  28. Copyright