The Toff Goes to Market - Softcover

John Creasey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0447747371 ISBN 13: 9780447747379

Publisher: New York: Lancer Books # 74-737 1st Printing, 1971

Synopsis

It’s a time of shortage and rationing. The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is in the army, but gets permission to visit his aunt, Lady Matilda Wirrington, who is supposedly on her death bed. Had she died, things would have been different, but as it was a recovery led from one thing to the other and ‘The Toff’ found himself involved in an investigation of the black market – profiteering by dishonest ‘businessmen’ in order to earn huge amounts of money out of people’s needs in times of inadequate supply. This, though, went beyond that and wholesale murder raised its ugly head as both ‘The Toff’ and Scotland Yard battle it out with those involved.A 1942 crime thriller novel by the British writer John Creasey. It was the eighth in his long-running featuring the gentleman amateur detective The Toff. It was one of a number of novels produced in the era that featured the booming wartime black market as a major plotline. It has been republished on a number of occasions.-Wikipedia

Edition details

• Publisher: New York: Lancer Books # 74-737 1st Printing
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0447747371
• ISBN 13: 9780447747379
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback