Red Arrow - Murder-on-Hudson

The second book published by Red Arrow Books is Murder-on-Hudson by Jennifer Jones, first published New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1937. Pseudonym of Margaret Lane (1907 – 1994) and Enid Johnson (1892 – 1969).

Murder-on-Hudson is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] BY THE SAME AUTHOR [list of one book],
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
[5] about Red Arrow Books,
[6] "The persons, places ... fictitious.",
7-8 contents,
[9] "Sworn Statement",
[10] blank,
11-280 Murder-on-Hudson,
[281-288] blank.

The copyright date is 1939.

There are four variant covers: two text, a "Book Club" edition and an illustrated one. One text version has a red spine and back cover, the other a brown spine and back cover.