title: The Merchant of Menace (Jane Jeffry Mysteries, No. 10)
author:  Jill Churchill 
description: "Jane Jeffrey is irresistible!" -- <i>-- <i>Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine</i></i><br /><br />"Jane Jeffrey is irresistible!" -- <i>Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine</i><br /><br />"Jill Churchill just keeps getting better and better." -- <i>-- <i>Kansas City Star </i></i><br /><br />"Jill Churchill just keeps getting better and better." -- <i>Kansas City Star</i>
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  ![Merchants of Menace](images/merchants-of-menacefront-cover.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Merchants of Menace
  
  
  
  
  
  ### A Mystery Writers of America Classic Anthology
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Joan Aiken
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Suzanne Blanc
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Robert Bloch
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Michael Butterworth
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Rod Amateau and David Davis
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Miriam Allen deFord
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Stanley Ellin
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Robert L. Fish
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Celia Fremlin
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Elsin Ann Gardner
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Ron Goulart
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Patricia Highsmith
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Ross MacDonald
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Al Nussbaum
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Ellery Queen
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Fred S. Tobey
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Lawrence Treat
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Don Von Elsner
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Donald E. Westlake
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Cornell Woolrich
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Edited by HIllary Waugh
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the authors’ imaginati