'One of the best and soundest detective writers' Dorothy L. Sayers, Sunday Times .
Harborough is a large seaside town on the north-east coast of England, whose local paper, the Harborough Post , mounts a campaign against the city's funfairs. Soon the proprietor of the newspaper, Herbert Litmore, gets two anonymous threatening letters, which he takes to the Chief Constable. Then Litmore's ten-year-old son, Ben, is kidnapped on his way home from the city Youth Club.
Another letter to Litmore follows, demanding a £10,000 ransom . . .
A search is begun to locate Litmore's mysterious enemy, and the police investigation starts to unravel a web of greed, jealousy, adultery and blackmail that has formed beneath Harborough's quiet surface.
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3rd edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 282p. Subjects: Fiction 20th century. Great Britain. English Fiction 20th century. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 334924
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