The Fifth Mystery Book Wylie, Christie, Pentecost, Gayle The Fifth Mystery Book Philip Wylie Agatha Christie Hugh Pentecost Ethel Gayle New York: Farrar and Rinehart Copyright 1941, 1943, 1944 304 pages The hinges are cracking and the binding has breaks, but all pages are present and attached. The pages are tanning and some are browned in the gutter area. The jacket is tattered and faded and both flaps are glued down. The spine is torn and very faded. Acceptable. Hardcover. Contains the stories: Stab in the Back by Philip Wylie, Tape-Measure Murder by Agatha Christie, The Dead Man's Tale by Hugh Pentecost, Murder Buys a Rug by Ethel Gayle. 1.1 (#0000259)