title: The Hammett Hex (A Book Collector Mystery)
author:  Victoria Abbott 
description: <b>Praise for the national bestselling Book Collector Mysteries</b><br /> <b></b><br /> The books continue to delight with sharp humor, quick-witted characters, a tough but vulnerable heroine, and celebration of the classic mystery genre.Kings River Life Magazine<br /> <br /> [A] mystery that will keep you guessing and entertained every step of the way...brilliantly crafted. Fresh Fiction<br /> <br /> Deftly plotted, with amusing one-liners, murder and a dash of mayhem.<i>Toronto Star</i><br /> <br /> With a full inventory of suspects, a courageous heroine and a tribute to a famous writer of whodunits, <i>The Christie Curse </i>will tempt her legion of devotees. Even mystery lovers who have never read Christieif any existwill find a pleasing puzzle in Abbotts opener.<i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i><br /> <br /> The mystery was first class, the plotting flawless.Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
zlib_text: THE MAD HATTER MYSTERY
  JOHN DICKSON CARR
  PENGUIN BOOKS
  Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin
  Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
  First published by Hamish Hamilton 1933 Published in Penguin
  Books 1947 Reprinted 1955. 1959. 1962, 1966
  Copyright ®  John Dickson Carr, 1933
  Made and printed in Great Britain by The Whitefriars Press Ltd,
  London and Tunbridge Set in Intertype Baskerville
  This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of
  trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated
  without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover
  other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition
  including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser
  Contents
  1. A Cab Horse in a Barrister's Wig 9
  2. Manuscripts and Murder 18
  3. The Body at Traitors' Gate 28
  4. Inquisition 42
  5. The Shadow by the Rail 51
  6. The Souvenir Crossbow Bolt 61
  7. Mrs Larkin's Cuff 72
  8. Mr Arb