Jim Hanvey, Detective

"First published in 1923, Jim Hanvey, Detective is a collection of seven stories that originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and features private eye Jim Hanvey in classic whodunit style mysteries. Described as the "backwoods Nero Wolfe," the genial Hanvey befriends "good guys" and criminals alike to get the job done. Bank robberies, jewel heists, and all-purposes cons-none are a match for Octavus Roy Cohen's waddling sleuth"--

About the author

OCTAVUS ROY COHEN (1891-1959) was an early twentieth-century American author whose character Jim Hanvey was one of the first private eyes in fiction.

Summary

First published in 1923, Jim Hanvey, Detective is a collection of seven stories that originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and features private eye Jim Hanvey in classic whodunit style mysteries. Described as the "backwoods Nero Wolfe," the genial Hanvey befriends "good guys" and criminals alike to get the job done.
Bank robberies, jewel heists, and all-purposes cons—none are a match for Octavus Roy Cohen's waddling sleuth.

Product details

• Authors: Octavus Cohen, Octavus Roy Cohen, Octavus Roy/ Klinger Cohen
• Assisted by: Leslie Klinger (Editor), Leslie S. Klinger (Editor), Klinger Leslie S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781464215032
• ISBN: 978-1-4642-1503-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Library of Congress Crime Clas; Library of Congress Crime Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Crime, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators