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From theSeveral individuals, occupying a house divided into flats, become connected more than by just living in the same place. As Arthur Crook came home to Brandon Street he complained to himself that crime and murder were not what they used to be. He was wrong. Arthur Crook, receives an unexpected visitor at his flat. Then Miss Chisholm, who runs a hat shop, disappears - and this could be the unlikely center of a criminal operation. And now he was headed straight for a case which was to call for every weapon in his deduction, quick thinking, guile and fast action. The energetic, red-haired lawyer's interest was piqued by the peculiar situation involving Miss Chisolm's pet budgerigar. It was but a short step from there to wondering where the bird's owner had gone and, for Mr. Crook, to wonder means to run and find out.Another resident, Kay Carter brings herself into the view of danger when she opens a mystery parcel. Arthur Crook tries to get Kay out of London to a safe place, but they meet a group of criminals who have other ideas. Everyone is in danger...The more he finds out about the quiet, retiring Miss Chisolm the more suspicious he becomes about what happened to her and why. The police had no substantial evidence at that point. However, Arthur Crook had ample material to spring into action and offer his enthusiastic readers another thrilling and engaging narrative. Through a skillful and intricate storyline, Out For the Kill exemplifies the timeless brilliance of Anthony Gilbert.
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Out for the Kill
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Hamish Hamilton Ltd Fingerprint Books, New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0241024722
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Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Matheson, Rob (illustrator). Second Edition. Ex-library copy of the second UK hardcover edition. Originally published in hard covers by Collins in the UK and Random House in the US in 1960. The boards have bumping to the corners and some rubbing and fraying along the bottom edges. Page edges are browned with some marking. Front free endpaper removed and there is a tape mark down the right edge of the front pastedown. Library stamp to the copyright page. Tearing along the hinge at the rear endpapers with the webbing exposed and the binding feels slack. Staining to the edge of the rear free endpaper. The pages are a little browned with light stains in several places but they are otherwise unmarked. Jacket has surface creasing, browning to the rear panel and some light edge and surface wear. Jacket photograph by Rob Matheson. First printing of this edition. Seller Inventory # 023709
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The Way We Die Now
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Hamish Hamilton, London, 1973
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine first edition copy in a fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 040248
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