The Adventures of the Brave Baron von Kaz, Volume 1: The Ticking Terror Murders / The Feather Cloak Murders

The Ticking Terror Murders (1935): The Baron Franz Maximilian Karagoz und Von Kaz, formerly a high-level Austrian detective, now a political exile, arrives penniless in California, and quickly jumps at a chance for employment. Is motion picture star Lucille Tarn’s husband trying to kill her? Murder changes the direction of the Baron’s investigation, but he finds himself hampered by cultural differences, his own pride, and a quick temper. California is a long way from Austria, and these barbarous North Americans just don’t understand how brave and brilliant the Baron truly is …

The Feather Cloak Murders (1936): Baron von Kaz, the brave, conceited, romantic, ruthless detective, finds himself hampered in his plans to return to Austria by mysterious events that incite his suspicions and the lovely Caryl Miquet for whom he is falling, despite her seeming disinterest. With his dangerous green umbrella and overbearing mannerisms, the Baron must outmaneuver a desperate murderer who is willing to kill man, woman, or child to acquire a valuable cultural artifact.

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