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The Lane Fleming collection of early pistols and revolvers was one of the best in the country. When Fleming was found dead on the floor of his locked gunroom, a Confederate-made Colt-type percussion .36 revolver in his hand, the coroner's verdict was "death by accident." But Gladys Fleming had her doubts. Enough at any rate to engage Colonel Jefferson Davis Rand-better known just as Jeff-private detective and a pistol-collector himself, to catalogue, appraise, and negotiate the sale of her late husband's collection. There were a number of people who had wanted the collection. The question was: had anyone wanted it badly enough to kill Fleming? And if so, how had he done it? Here is a mystery, told against the fascinating background of old guns and gun-collecting, which is rapid-fire without being hysterical, exciting without losing its contact with reason, and which introduces a personable and intelligent new private detective. It is a story that will keep your nerves on a hair trigger even if you don't know the difference between a cased pair of Paterson .34's and a Texas .40 with a ramming-lever.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Crime & mystery

• Full title: Murder in the Gunroom
• Author: Henry Beam Piper
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174
• EAN: 9781483706221
• ISBN: 9781483706221
• ID: 09062154
• Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
• Weight: 240 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2014

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