The Black Spectacles (First Four Square Edition)

Condition: Very good

Some creasing to spine and bottom-left of front cover and small inscription on title page.

"A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier' Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without any assumptions as witnesses.

During the test - which is also being filmed - Chesney is murdered by his supposed accomplice. The keen wits of Dr. Gideon Fell are called for to crack this brazen and bizarre murder committed in full view of an audience.

Also known by its American title The Problem of the Green Capsule, this 1939 novel is widely regarded as one of John Dickson Carr's masterpieces and remains among the greatest impossible-crime mysteries of all time."

This 1965 copy is a first Four Square edition, and it's in very good condition. There's a small inscription on the title page, and some creasing to the spine and cover, along with the usual tanning and wear-and-tear you'd expect from a book of its age.