Mystery of the Dead Police by MacDonald, Philip - 1940

New York: Pocket Books. Good+. 1940. 1st American Paperback. Mass Market paperback. Scuffing along spine plus about a 2" chip to top of spine. Some edge wear, covers a bit creased and the laminate is mostly gone. Owner's name and address on front end paper with his name written on the verso. Text block is clean and unmarked. Overall a nice copy. ;
Pocket Books # 70, first American paperback printing. This book was originally published in 1933 as X v. Rex under the pseudonym of Martin Porlock. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 252 pages;

"Over London hung the menace of a ruthless killer whose victims were the police. Scotland Yard was helpless.
"Somewhere in London was a man with a bitter, undying hatred of the police, and all the skill of Scotland Yard was not enough to trace him. Again and again he struck, until London was in a ferment, the newspapers had seized on the killings, questions were asked in the House, the military threatened to take over the police authority. But the murders went on, hysteria gripped London, and the Yard was given seventy-two hours to find the killer - or give over to the army. With the deadline drawing closer, Sir Christopher Vayle, the great motor racer, and the mysterious Mr. Revel, planned a final desperate trap for the murderer who left no clues whatsoever behind him.
"What that astonishing trap was we'll leave you to find out for yourself. It is only one of the ingenious and startling ideas in one of the most brilliant books Philip MacDonald has ever written. " .