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The Hinges of Hell

(1956)
A novel by

 
 
Stewart Sterling was the pseudonym of Prentice Winchell, an American writer who also wrote under the names of Spencer Dean and Jay de Bekker. Winchell wrote numerous detective stories about non-typical characters in non-typical investigative bodies, such as the NY Harbor Police and the Fire Brigade. In addition to the books and the many magazine stories, Winchell wrote radio scripts.
In "The Hinges of Hell" a hotel fire uncovers the body of a honeymooning heiress and the theft of a quarter of a million dollars in jewelry.
Ben Pedley of New York's Bureau of Fire Investigation goes after a vicious firebug and murderer. To Pedley, the hotel fire looks like a planned torching and as plunges into the scorching pace investigation of a deadly snarl of arson and murder.


Genre: Mystery

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