Calamity Town (T4887)

New York: Signet, 1972. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 112x16x80. First printing. Spine and front cover creased. 1972 Mass Market Paperback. 221 pp. Ellery Queen, hoping for anonymity and some quiet time for writing, has rented a house in Wrightsville under the name Ellery Smith. The town, Wrightsville, appears ideal - attractive homes, friendly people, and little crime. The writer Ellery Smith is quickly embraced by the community, especially by the founding family of Wrightsville. All is tranquil, that is, until a series of arsenic poisonings earns Wrightsville the name Calamity Town. (Inventory #: 2329121)