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Rocket to the Morgue

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Before there was Bimbos of the Death Sun, there was Rocket to the Morgue.

Someone is trying to kill the heir of a famous science fiction adventure writer. But who?

Is it the thinly disguised Robert A Heinlein-alike, Austin Carter? (Fun games to play while reading Carter scenes: How many times does he refer to Heinlein or one of RAH's psuedonyms?)
Is it Bernice Carter, the wife of said thinly disguised RAH-alike? (Who is NOT Virginia. The book was written in 1942, which is five years before RAH divorced his second wife and married Ginny.)
One of an assortment of other SF writers?
A fan?
His brother-in-law?
His wife?
What about his cousin?

This is a fun little book, rather a lot like Bimbos except that it was written in the early 1940s. The mystery is cleverly done, though I will admit that I suspected the conclusion pretty early on.

Apparently there is a previous book with the same police detective & nun combo solving the case, but it isn't necessary to read it. The prose gets a little purple from time to time, but what do you want? It's a pulp mystery about pulp science fiction writers. If the prose didn't turn purple periodically I'd be disappointed.

Oh, and the Captain Comet breaks are fun too...