Critical Acclaim for this "Mystifying with Humorous Overtones" Golden Age Mystery Classic
Jeff and Haila Troy, along with Haila were enjoying a quiet Sunday afternoon watching the grownups and children sailing boats in Central Park - but they were also observing the legendary commodore of the Knickerbocker Model Yacht Club when a sharp instrument penetrated the latter's. back. But there was no one standing near him!
Everyone there that day was prepared to testify that a man had been stabbed in plain sight of them all ? and none of them had seen anyone close to him at the time it happened.
Who was the invisible killer and how had he pulled off the murder?
The puzzle of an apparently invisible assailant and the substantial fee that had been offered for solving the crime drew the Troy's attention.
Includes a rare 1940s Murder Map of the crime from the first paperback edition.
Soon Jeff and Haila were off on another "wild chase of alternating chills and chuckles." The Buffalo NY News
"An engrossing and mystifying novel, with humorous overtones. The denouement is a corker. And there is a loud guffa as a parting gift." Worcester MA Telegram
"It's a marine tragedy --- not on the high seas, but on the little lake in New York's Central-park where the Knickerbocker Model Yachting club sails its craft and the murder of its Commadore that gives Jeff Troy the chance for some plain and fancy sleuthing in 'Sailor, Take Warning!', the newest plot concocted by Kelley Roos. Commodore Austin Marshall is killed right under the eyes of a Sunday afternoon parkful of people - with Halia one of the nearest people to him, Soon the pair set out on it zigzag trail over half New York, even to Hoboken, and several Fifth Avenue mansions, before they know who sent that sliver of steel into Marshall's neck. Thrills and humor are well-balanced in this Kelley Roos mixture, which is very easy to take." The Salt Lake (UT) Tribune
"Readers familiar with Kelley Roos' previous "whodunits" may well know what to expect. Those who are starting from scratch will be delighted with the snappy dialogue and startling episodes." Washington (DC) Times Herald
