VERRON, ROBERT.

The Curse of Craig's End.

London: Wright & Brown Ltd, nd. (c.1953). 1st edition. Through the curse of a tortured slave, a terrible fate threatened every male Craig. The irascible Jonathan Craig met a horrible and untimely end when his wheelchair plunged over the cliff, and when the three surviiving Craigs met for the reading of his will, it seemed as though the Curse was being fulfilled with a vengeance. Following the disappearance of Martin and his cousin Paul in the haunted Tower room, for six years Inspector Brummel couldn't find a single clue which might provide an answer to the riddle.Then Roger, the last of the Craigs is shot dead.. How Brummel pieced together the strange and thrilling story of the last Craigs makes an intriguing and unusual story, in which the reader's interest is sustained to the final paragraph. Ex Boots Booklovers Library. Pp.190, marks and wear to rear pastedown, mark to lower page edge. Green cloth, ink cross through Boots Booklovers Library shield to front board, metal ring hole to top of spine. Scarce. Good.

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N° du livre: 50046

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Robert Verron Curse of Craigs End Crime Murder Fiction 51567 Fiction: : Crime

VICKERS, ROY. [WILLIAM EDWARD VICKERS].

Murder of a Snob.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1949. First printing. Ex W.H.Smith 'Day by Day Service' library. Colonel Crisp is summoned to Watlington Lodge by a mysterious caller to investigate the murder of Lord Watlington. Lord Watlington, a self-made millionaire, elevated into the Peerage, decided that the woman his nephew – and sole heir – plans to marry is not a suitable mate. But it is this decision that eventually sets the stage for his death. Sleuth, Colonel Crisp investigates. Pp.254/ 2 (publishr's catalogue), slight toning to pages, W.H.Smith library bookplates to front pastedown, owner's details to front free endpaper, loosening to inner hinge next to title page (but holding). Orange cloth lightly soiled with wear to spine edges and bumps to corners. Scarce. Good.** "William Edward Vickers (1889–1965) was an English mystery writer better known under his pen name Roy Vickers, but used also the pseudonyms Roy C. Vickers, David Durham, Sefton Kyle, and John Spencer. He is the author of over 60 crime novels and 80 short stories." (wiki).

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N° du livre: 50164

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Roy Vickers Murder of a Snob Crime Thriller Murder Mystery Lord Wallington Colonel Crisp 51673 Fiction: : Crime

VICKERS, ROY.

Murdering Mr Velfrage.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1955. 1st Penguin edition. Pp.324, pages tanned. Paperback, toning to spine. Good.

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N° du livre: 49347

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Roy Vickers Murdering Mr Velfrage Inspector Kyle Bruce Habershon Murder Mystery Crime Fiction 51088 Fiction: : Crime

WILCOX, COLLIN.

Long Way Down.

New York: Random House, 1974. 1st ed. Crime fiction. A book in the Frank Hastings series. Pp.184, owners name to front free endpaper. Black boards, white title to spine, minor bumps to lower corners. VG.

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N° du livre: 35093

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Collin Colin Wilcox Carter Wick Long Way Down Lt Frank Hastings Crime Fiction Detective Thriller 35391 Fiction: : Crime