Author: McClure, James.
Title: The Artful Egg.
Description: Macmillan. London 1984 1st edition. Black cloth boards. 283pp 8vo. No inscription. pages a little tanned. top edge spotted. conservatively VG condition in matching dustwrapper (tanned flaps, minor wear only, no loss, or tears). An attractive copy. ISBN: 0333371038 A Kramer & Zondi mystery, the seventh of eight in this series. Listed on the 100 Best Crime Novels of the 20thC. Despite the author being often cited as a British author, he was born in South Africa and only moved to Britain in 1965 though his 8 Kramer & Zondi novels were written after this move.

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