FAMOUS DETECTIVE FEATS

Hardback. A collection of a dozen stories of crime and of detective ingenuity, patience and perseverance in different countries, and all of them except one at various periods of the 20th century. The author has included some well-known cases with others not at all well known but which stand good comparison in their present company. The same can be said of the detectives featured. Some were internationally renowned, while others could be met for the first tine inside the covers of this book. Each story, in its different way, illustrates the continuing conflict between those who have scant regard for the law and others whose careers have been devoted to the maintenance of the law and the protection of the general public. Chapter headings include : The Clue of the Key Ring (Labelle); When Fear Roamed the Valley (Thomas Ronald Lewis Harries/Capstick); Hit and Run Fast(Louis Casella); They Called Him The Panther (Arthur Fowler Neil); Killers in Velvet Masks (Mecislas Charrier/Mettefeu); The Chain of Circumstance (Podmore); What the Little Dog Found (Manton/Chapman) + others. 157pp. 8vo. h/back. With previous owner's name/address to ffep, tiny label to fpd o/w Vg+ in Vg. protected pcdw which has 2 closed tears (see images).