HARLOWE, Reginald. Le Morphinomane Assassin.
(Brussels): Les Editions Harlowe, no date (c.1939). Presumed first edition. Paperback original? 216 pages. Introduction by Charles Dangre. Scarce Belgian drug novel in which Detective Raoul Peterson infiltrates a drug ring in order to discover which of four morphinomaniacs killed pharmacist Henri Durieu. The novel was actually written by Augustin Surmont the Assistant Commissioner of the Ixelles Police. A very good copy in photo-illustrated wrappers, showing a female shooting up. Scarce Worldcat locates a single copy at Koninklijke Bibliotheek.
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