The 17th Letter

Dorothy Cameron Disney

> The talented author of *Crimson Friday* makes an abrupt departure from the type of story she has done in the past. Now she offers a tale of furious action in which an attractive young American couple find themselves both the pursued and the pursuers in a spy plot as unusual as it is fiendish. Done with the finish and close attention to characterization which have marked all of Miss Disney's previous books, this one is a notable performance in suspense and excitement. >The best friend of Paul and Mary Strong, a photographer for the same news magazine for which Paul is a correspondent, is stuck in Iceland on his way back to America. In place of his 17th letter comes an envelope containing only a theater program from an unidentified city. That is the first intimation of anything amiss, but from the day of its arrival things happen at a breath-taking rate. >Readers will take Mary...

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