Author: MASTERMAN, J.C.
Title: The Case of the Four Friends.
Description: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1961. 1st Penguin edition. A Diversion in Pre-Detection. Amateur sleuth Ernst Brendel is persuaded by a group of friends to relate a story of how he "pre-constructed" a crime, rather than reconstructing it as in the conventional manner. As he says, "To work out the crime before it is committed, to foresee how it will be arranged, and then to prevent it! That's a triumph indeed, and is worth more than all the convictions in the world". Pp.202, toning to pages. Paperback, slightly rubbed, toning to covers, tear to base of spine and chipped wswear to top of spine. Scarce. G+.

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