Dwight Vincent BABCOCK. MEURTRES POUR HANNAH . Edition Presses de la Cite 1952, "Un Mystere" # 88, broche, Format 11.5*17.5 cm, 220 pages. plissures sur tranche dorsale, mors et coins plats un peu touches, second plat un peu sali, autrement BON ETAT,
EDITION ORIGINALE en francais (1952)
Traduit de l'americain (Homicide for Hannah - 1941)
La premiere aventure de Hannah Van Doren,
Je n'ai pas trouve de resume en Français :
In this, Hannah’s first adventure, she teams with Joe Kirby, an out-of-work custom-car salesman, to solve the murder of Steve Wurtzel, a gambling buddy of Joe’s who turns up knifed in his (Kirby’s) apartment on Christmas Day. The situation is further complicated by two facts: one, on Christmas Eve Kirby rescued a beaten (and very naked) young woman from an alley and gave her shelter, but she has now disappeared; and two, in her place is Wurtzel’s corpse and a Christmas present left by Kirby’s wealthy girlfriend, Veronica Smith (“Miss Gotrocks” ), whom he is afraid committed the murder.
When Hannah learns of these events, she reacts as if Joe has given her a Christmas present: a homicide for Hannah. She and Joe chase all over Hollywood and environs, bucking heads with, among others: wisecracking reporters; hard-boiled cops; the idle (and not so idle) rich; a man with a face that looks like a skeleton; frequenters of the track at Santa Anita (where Veronica’s horse, Princess Pat, is running on opening day); and a chemist who works for a firm that manufactures “Protexu,” a patented sanitary toilet seat cover ...
Sur Dwight V. BABCOCK , prolifique auteur de policier "Hard Boiled" dans les Pulps américains :
https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=6350
https://books.google.fr/books?id=XPizfHP1NPUC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=dwight+vincent++babcock+hannah&source=bl&ots=rWc5PmjoKP&sig=Lf7yQ4mJUk9SFjKyYb5wmczV3Tg&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=XrHcVOzBIIHnUs3Sgxg&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=dwight%20vincent%20%20babcock%20hannah&f=false
PORT INCLUS FRANCE metropolitaine. Pour l´Etranger ou l´Outremer, me consulter
