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02313aam a2200373 i 4500 001 5F38F336940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 008 220916t20231931nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022917400 020 $a 1613163940 020 $a 9781613163948 020 $a 1613163916 020 $a 9781613163917 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d JCX $d OCLCF $d GO4 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-il 050 00 $a PS3537.T246 $b D43 2023 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23/eng/20230314 100 1 $a Starrett, Vincent, $d 1886-1974, $e author. 245 10 $a Dead man inside / $c Vincent Starrett ; introduction by Otto Penzler. 264 1 $a New York : $b Penzler Publishers, $c 2023. 300 $a iv, 240 pages ; $c 21 cm 490 1 $a American mystery classics 500 $a Includes discussion questions. 520 $a "A wealthy dilettante is on the trail of a killer with a penchant for theatrics in this cozy mystery by the author of Murder on "B" Deck. A strange sight greets Chicago haberdashery clerk Rufus Ker as he prepares to begin his workday by unlocking the door to Bluefield, Inc. A sign is attached to the glass. It reads: Dead man inside! I am dead. This store will not open to-day. Once inside, Rufus is relieved to discover the shop is still in one piece and assumes the sign to be a prank. But no one is laughing when Rufus realizes the dummy in the window is no dummy at all. It's the body of his boss, Amos Bluefield, and unfortunately this is only the beginning.... Scientist, explorer, and former intelligence officer Walter Ghost has come to Chicago to research some history, but after a stint in the hospital due to appendicitis, he quickly finds himself investigating a string of puzzling murders. Ghost is certainly no stranger to playing detective, but if he's not careful, he's about to get more familiar with the hospital"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Chicago (Ill.) $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Detective and mystery fiction. 700 1 $a Penzler, Otto, $e writer of introduction. 830 0 $a Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library. 941 $a 1 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014538.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5F38F336940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search