There's also no blurb on this book, but there's really no need. It's a Perry Mason story so we all know how it goes—Perry's client is arrested for murder, Perry locks horns with the police, Perry exposes the real killer at his client's trial. However, there is a fascinating advertisement on the back which explains how the advertiser's product contributed to the War Effort:
Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII. Show all posts
Monday, March 26, 2018
The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece by Erle Stanley Gardner (Cassell, 1945)
Another find from the Lifeline Bookfair vintage table! This is the first Australian edition of this book. It's a very early paperback and a wartime publication, so it's in an austere utility format. No exciting covers here!
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
The House of the Seven Flies by Victor Canning (Hodder and Stoughton, 1958)
Another book from the Lifeline Bookfair:
A sunken launch. It couldn't be much more than a couple of fathoms near the island ... one could dive without any elaborate outfit ... a steel deed-box, small enough to lift. It sounded too easy ... Perhaps it was.
World War II and its aftermath inspired a whole generation of thrillers. This one sees a gaggle of rival crooks searching the Netherlands for lost Nazi loot. The good guys (such as the are) eventually wind up with it, but not without a lot of plot twists and turns along the way.(Page 111)
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