Behind That Mask

The plot is as mysterious in its makeup as in its unraveling: when you think it's solved, it's just beginning. You'll like the characterization of Yin Yi, that high-minded young Chinaman who loves literature and piano playing and 'Little Dolly' .... You'll thrill with Terry O'Rourke over his exciting, skillfully fashioned, and absorbing alibi checking .... You'll listen in on more telephone conversations than you ever dreamed of .... Isn't a motive necessary before a crime can be pinned on a man? you'll ask. It's an amazing story, and at the same time so thoroughly credible that it will get a grip on you.

"Competent critics say that no other mystery writer has attained such intricacy of plot structure, and such ability to outwit his readers' imaginations as Keeler has--just in case you haven't read Keeler mysteries before. He writes baffling, fast-moving yarns. 'Behind That Mask' is one of his most unusual novels in theme and power and characterization.