Description
Owner’s signature inside. “W.J de Pierres, Derdebin, Wyalkatchem.”Publisher: The Crime Club by Collins, Printed by New Century Press, Sydney.Publication Date: 1950
Details:
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very good with a bump on the bottom edge of the spine, slight fading in one spot on cover
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Australian Edition
The Story:
The Leonideses are one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That is until the head of the household, Aristide, is murdered with a fatal injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old man’s young widow, fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward, fiance of the late millionaire’s granddaughter…
The Collins Crime Club:
The CCC ran from 6 May 1930 to April 1994 and published 2012 high quality crime books from authors such as Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and Ngaio Marsh. It is now a very collectible period in crime fiction, particularly the pre-war editions. Some books were reprinted as Australian editions in Sydney.
