Crimson Ice

Crimson Ice, first published in 1935, is a ‘golden-age’ murder mystery by Cortland Fitzsimmons (1893-1949). Set in the world of ice-hockey, a leading player is knifed during a game between bitter rivals the Boston Cougars and the Canadian Blue Devils. It falls to Dick Bowers to solve the mystery and identify the killer.

Death strides with the speed of the flash of skates on ice in this mystery of murder in the sports world.

From the moment that Gaston Lemaire falls to the ice never to rise again, fate twists a weird trail for Dick Bowers—playing a dangerous game with death, he brings to a surprise climax one of the strangest murder mysteries that ever baffled a detective.

Cortland Fitzsimmons wrote mysteries, often featuring a sports-theme, some of which were made into movies. He also worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood.