Phoebe Atwood Taylor — The Tinkling Symbol

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1935. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition copy of this whodunnit mystery detective story from American writer Phoebe Atwood Taylor. First UK edition. Published in the US the same year. A small town in Cape Cod has been rocked with four suicides from the same location now known as "Suicide Cliff." When neighbours witness the father of one of the victims come out of his house and aim a gun at himself, they assume the resulting shot is another suicide. But when the cause of death is found to be a knife wound to the back, Asey Mayo is called to investigate. Written by Phoebe Atwood Taylor, an American writer of mystery novels. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. A small red label to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .