HOME SWEET HOMICIDE
by Rice, Craig (Georgianna Ann Randaolph Craig)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Pleasantville, NY: Impress Mystery/Reader's Digest, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. Craig Rice, a 1930s-'40s mystery writer, was often considered the queen of the madcap, humorous mystery. "Home Sweet Homicide," originally published in 1944, now a classic of the genre, features Dinah, April and Archie Carstairs, 14, 12, and 10 respectively, who decide to solve the murder of next door neighbor, Mrs. Sanford, because their mother, Marian, a mystery writer, is desperately trying to finish a novel and is totally ignoring them. This copy is the 2008 Impress Mystery edition, from the Reader's Digest Association's "Best Mysteries of All Time" series.a first edition thus. About 5 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches, 291 pages including "About the Author" note at the end. Bound in black faux leather-covered boards with front cover graphic design in gold and silver, with gold lettering on spine. No dust jacket. A tiny tear at top of spine and slightly bumped corners, o/w boards and text are clean, complete, and unmarked, binding tight and square. Book is the basis for a 1946 movie with Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Ann Marshall and Dean Stockwell as the murder-solving kids. Also in 1946, Rice became the first and one of the very few mystery writers to grace a Times magazine cover. .
Synopsis
Home Sweet Homicide is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film stars Peggy Ann Garner, Randolph Scott and Lynn Bari and is based on a mystery novel by Craig Rice. FAMOUS QUOTE: "The Gat had Gittens". The meaning may be lost due to time, but a gun was known as a GAT. A Gat having Gittens (think cat having kittens) meant the gun had been shot a few times, the gat (gun) producing gittens (bullets). Other slang used for a gun was a heater, a rod and a piece.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005933
- Title
- HOME SWEET HOMICIDE
- Author
- Rice, Craig (Georgianna Ann Randaolph Craig)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Impress Mystery/Reader's Digest
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, NY
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, 1940S, CHILD DETECTIVE, PRIVATE MYSTERY WRITERSS, HUMOR, HUMOROUS COZY AMATEUR SLEUTH, MOVIES, FILM,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Amateur Sleuth; Humor; Cozy Mystery;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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