The House of Invisible Bondage Mystery [A Semi-Dual Astrological Mystery]

J. U. Giesy and Junius Smith's The House of Invisible Bondage begins when playboy Imer Lamb is locked up in a sanitarium for a violent attack on a friend. Is he insane? Preparing an insanity defense for a future murder? Or is he the victim of a diabolical plot? It's a puzzle only astrological-detective Semi-Dual can solve. Among the mysterious characters embroiled in this 1930s detective classic are Lamb's fiancee, Moria Mason, who promptly leaves for the West Coast; Nathalie Norton, a former motion picture bombshell, whose star is fading; Dr. Simpson, the city psychiatrist, whose diagnosis sent Imer Lamb to the sanitarium; Joe Kingsley, a Cockney valet, who seems almost too devoted to the incarcerated playboy; George Lamb, Imer's adopted brother, the only hardworking, sober member of the family; Dr. Frank Drake, who runs the sanitarium known as the House of Invisible Bondage; Gladys Ashton, a woman pronounced insane, who has escaped from the sanitarium; and Norman Haddon, federal agent, whose interest in the affair is obscure. Someone's life is in danger--but is it Imer Lamb or one of the other characters--not even Semi-Dual is sure he can untangle the clues before it is too late. [Introduction by Jean Marie Stine. Cover design: J. L. "Frankie" Hill]