Author: Wood, James:
Title: Be Thou My Judge.
Description: London, Hutchinson, 1966. 1st Ed., H/B blue cloth bds, VG in unclipped VG++ d/w, lib. label on prelim., biro 'IR/IR' written on title verso, contents tight with occas. soiling, pp191, some scribbling on rear endpapers and fly. The story begins in prison where Lieutenant Daniel Marr, ex-Navy, is serving a sentence of three years for having been found with a packet of heroin in his cabin on a cargo boat. Marr's protestations of innocence were to no avail. After eleven months he is 'sprung' from jail by people he didn't know. He is asked to assist them in something, in return for which he has a chance of proving his innocence...

Keywords: Navy, officer, prison, thriller, characterisation, novel, story.