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Death by Two Hands : A Golden Age Mystery

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Overview

'One brown mouse. Victim of foul play.'

Chalk Street, Camden Town, is the busy scene for all kinds of commercial activity - some legal, some a little less so. By day, local crime boss Mr. Rivers works as a market trader, but gladly turns his attention to the potentially lucrative theft of fox-skins in the countryside. However, what should have been a simple robbery leads to a string of murders, and a Scotland Yard investigation, led by Chief-Inspector Thompson. A case in which one of the clues is no fox, but a fat brown mouse ...

Death by Two Hands was first published in 1937, and has remained out of print until this new edition. It includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

'Little people in the] grip of tragic destiny ... brilliantly done' Saturday Review of Literature

'I have the highest opinion of Peter Drax's murder stories ... The secret of Peter Drax's success is his ability to make the circumstances as plausible as the characters are real' Sunday Times

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781911579595
  • ISBN-10: 1911579592
  • Publisher: Dean Street Press
  • Publish Date: May 2017
  • Dimensions: 7.81 x 5.06 x 0.51 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds
  • Page Count: 244

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