Clark Carrados: Se vende un asesino

# Catalog Description

"Se Vende un Asesino" (A Murderer for Sale) by Clark Carrados, from the Selección Terror pulp series (No. 455, November 1981).

A mystery-crime narrative begins with the mysterious death of Lexington P. Grover, found rigid, blackened, and inexplicably corpse-like beside his sleeping wife Paula. Police and journalists converge on the scene while the cause remains baffling—theories range from poisoning to serpent bite, though none satisfy. The story introduces Mark Brady, a young philosopher living nearby, who intervenes to protect an elderly woman, Sara Telford, from harassment by rowdy youths. Diana Ralston, a reporter for Totalphone Weekly magazine, visits Brady seeking information about Grover's death, and their conversation suggests growing mutual attraction. The narrative combines domestic mystery with character development, establishing Brady as both intellectual and man of action while setting up interconnected plot threads involving the unexplained death and emerging relationships among protagonists.