The Ledger of Life (Electronic book text)

Fans of Nero Wolfe, Miss Marple, Amy Brewster and other oddball Golden Age sleuths will love this long-lost classic from the 1930s. Meet the Persian astrologer-detective, Semi-Dual. When private detectives Gordon Glace and Jim Bryce become embroiled in a case of murder with too many suspects and too few clues, they turn to their friend, mystic and sage, Semi-Dual. "That dead men tell no tales is a fallacy, " says Semi-Dual, who reads in the stars the secrets of ruthless criminals. But can even the gifted sight of Semi-Dual, Persian mystic, penetrate the dark secrets that lie behind a great metropolis' blackmail ring? Cover design: J. L. "Frankie" Hill