The Canvas Dagger

Inspector McKee #26

by Helen Reilly

Greenwich Village portrait painter falls to his death, and the potential murderer is trailed to Cape Cod.

Bantam #1858.

Genres: Mystery

152 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1956

About the author

Helen Reilly was an American novelist. She was born Helen Kieran and grew up in New York City in a literary family. Her brother, James Kieran, also wrote a mystery, and two of her daughters, Ursula Curtiss and Mary McMullen, are mystery writers.

Reilly's early books were police procedurals based on her research into the New York Homicide squad. Her most popular character is Inspector Christopher McKee. Reilly also used the pseudonym Kieran Abbey.

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