SMALL TOWN MYSTERY
Asey Mayo is by now a well known and popular character among the detectives of fiction, and the new novel, "Octagon House," by Phoebe Atwood Taylor, in which ho appears, will receive a warm welcome. The story Concerns the little town of Quanomet, which had just become famous because of its new post office. The post office, however, provides only a background for what follows when a young woman is found murdered in a garage, and her young sister is suspected of the crime. Asey Mayo comes to the rescue of th» girlj and ib is only his uncanny perceptions which enable him to avert the final catastrophe, and to unipask onc« of tho smoothest villains who ever went unsuspected. "Octagon House," by Phoebo Atwood Taylor, (Collins).
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380430.2.256.24.6
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23025, 30 April 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
Word Count
130SMALL TOWN MYSTERY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23025, 30 April 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in