The Tragic Curtain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616466244)

Bernice Holloway comes to Christopher Hand for help in clearing her absentee father from the charge of murder. The dead man appears to have been killed by mistake, with the actual target being Bernice's great-uncle Leander Holloway, a wealthy, but eccentric, old man. Several of Leander's heirs are eager for their inheritance, and it soon appears that someone is willing to knock off their rival relatives. Hand's assistant, Ralph Clark, plays his role, finding romance as well as mystery.

"There is a certain ingenuity in this work. . . . [Mr. Page] has thought up a solution to his crimes which pretty completely baffles the reader until the dénouement is reached. Moreover, he plays fair and doesn't break the established rules of the game." (1935 review)

Tragic Curtain was published in 1935, the last of Stanley Hart Page's mysteries featuring criminologist Christopher Page.

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