New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1945]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-186, original gray-green cloth, front and spine stamped in green. Fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First edition. The ninth Henry Gamadge novel. "The murder is done in an enclosed rose garden, by means of a rifle shot. The reasons for this act and its locale are excellent and the tale stands rereading, even though a little wordy at the outset." - Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), 1028. [Reference: Hubin, p. 211. Penzler, Bibliomysteries, p. 35].

New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., [1950]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The fifteenth Henry Gamadge novel. "This is a well organized and appropriately atmospheric novel about a woman kept under drugs and restraint in a big Hudson River family mansion. Gamadge does a good job of work, and there are no embarrassing episodes of spiritualism or bibliomania to spoil the plot" - Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), 1030. [Reference: Hubin, p. 211. Penzler, Bibliomysteries, p. 36].