The book is photographed for you to see; it is in very good condition. Published by the Gollancz label they specialised in quality themes of writing including detective stories. What if a sanitarium patient was asked to play detective by the facility’s director? That’s the intriguing hook in this entry in the American Mystery Classics series, originally published in 1936 under the Quentin pseudonym used by Hugh Callingham Wheeler and Richard Wilson Webb. Peter Duluth, “New York’s youngest theatrical producer,” finds refuge in a bottle after his wife dies in a fire. His alcoholism takes a toll on his career, leading Duluth to admit himself to Dr. Lenz’s New York City sanitarium. Lenz enlists Duluth to help him investigate unexplained incidents. The clever plot makes the most out of its unusual setting and premise.