The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing (Lost Classics)
Detective fiction is the literature of ingenuity, and no one proves that more than cunningly clever mystery writer Helen McCloy. --Bill Ruehlmann, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, November 30, 2003One of the greatest American classicists, with a devotion to fair play comparable to Christie, Queen, and Carr. [Four Stars] --Jon L. Breen, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine,  January 2004Perhaps the first and certainly the best psychiatrist-detective --Marvin Lachman, Deadly Pleasures, Winter 2004--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.