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      Alarums & Excursions

      by Virginia Perdue
      Published
      Aug 2014
      Main Genre
      Mystery Mystery
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      This 1944 classic was picked by National Book Award winner Jacques Barzun and his collaborator Wendell Hertig Taylor as one of the 50 best mysteries from the first half of the 20th century. Gasoline is in short supply as World War II wages on and Nick Matheny's oil company just might have the formula for creating a cheap, synthetic fuel. Only Matheny is attacked before he can get to Washington, D.C. to tell the feds and loses his memory. It's a book that literally begins with a bang and ends with one of the most chilling lines in crime fiction.

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      Suspense

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      Mystery

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      First Edition Aug 2014 Rue Morgue Press ISBN13 9781601870797 ISBN10 1601870795
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