1 option
The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grafton, C.W.
- Series:
- Library of Congress Crime Classics
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Another exciting entry in the Library of Congress Crime Classics series, The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope follows Gil Henry, a Kentucky lawyer who begins investigating a stock fraud and winds up investigating a murder. When Ruth McClure approaches Gil and asks him to investigate the stock she inherited from her father, he reluctantly agrees, never expecting to be embroiled in scandal, subterfuge, and murder. But the more he digs the deeper the manipulation scheme goes, and it becomes unclear whether Gil will find a way out. In this portrait of pre-WWII America, this exceptional mystery combines fast-paced plotting and a breezy writing style with C.W. Grafton's thorough knowledge of the law. Grafton was also one of the first to add humor to the hard-boiled style of Hammett and Chandler"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- About the War
- Reading Group Guide
- Further Reading
- About the Author
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: Grafton, C. W. (Cornelius Warren), 1909-1982. New York : Farrar & Rinehart, [1943] (243 pages, 19 cm.)
- ISBN:
- 9781464212994
- 1464212996
- 9781464213007
- 1464213003
- OCLC:
- 1151189830
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.