Valcour Meets Murder

Lieutenant Valcour #6

by Rufus King

Terror lay heavy on that strange household on the Canadian border -- but not until Lt. Valcour of the New York Police arrived did the hand of murder strike. Soundlessly, inexplicably -- and then Valcour's strangest, most perilous case began!

Valcour Meets Murder is is the 6th Lt. Valcour novel. It includes a preview of #7, The Lesser Antilles Case.

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1932

About the author

Rufus King was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created two series of detective stories: the first one with Reginald De Puyster, a sophisticated detective similar to Philo Vance, and the second one with his more famous character, the Lieutenant Valcour.

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Reviews

[Melinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you enjoy Philo Vance or even Louise Penny's CI Gamache, you should read a Valcour book. Hard to find and written in 1932, this is solid crime novel. Murder, misdirection, Americans vs Canadians and cunning and the unhinging Valcour is your kind of read.