Calamity Town by Ellery Queen First Edition Little, Brown & Company 1942. Boston. A very fine copy. No inscriptions and no foxing or toning to contents or edges. Covers are bright and completely unblemished. No bumping or rubbing to corners. In original near fine dust jacket that has no loss or fading to spine. Not price clipped. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone.

Calamity Town follows the investigation of a baffling murder case. The story begins when Ellery Queen, a famous detective and writer, is invited to spend the summer in the small New England town of Wrightsville. However, his vacation is disrupted when a local woman is found dead and her fiancé is accused of the crime. Queen is convinced that the fiancé is innocent and begins to investigate the case, delving into the town's secrets and discovering a complex web of motives and suspects.