They Crossed My Path

True South African crime stories. South Africa's top crime writer, reminisces about his early days and reveals how his crime reporting eventually led, not unnaturally, to crime writing. He recalls a number of unusual South African murders and his role during the investigations and at the trials. He includes the story of a sensational blackmail case of the 1930s with a millionaire baronet the central figure and his mistress, the organiser of orgies that shocked and rocked Cape Town in those pre-permissive days. You are introduced to millionaires, misers and misfits, record-breaking airmen and airwomen of the early days of flying, taken to Chicago's gangland and New York where the author accompanies a crime reporter on his murder beat. The author also recounts his probing of Nazi intrigue and the preparations for a 'Putsch' in South-West Africa before World War II - and how it was prevented. Small oil stain in left corner of book on spine and flyleaf. Black and white photos. Size: 5" X 8".