Author: Peter Drax
Publication Date: 16 May 2017
Publisher: Dean Street Press
Format: UK Paperback
Pages: 240
He called out, ‘Abie!’ The word was swallowed up in the depths of the hall. It was like a morgue.
Captain Eric Macrae is down on his luck, living in a cheap London boarding house and on his wits. When chance puts a string of valuable pearls his way, he can’t resist stealing them. But the pursuit of easy money is derailed first by Peggy, a neighbourhood girl who begins to suspect Macrae is up to no good. And then a well-known fence winds up dead… enter Chief Inspector Thompson of Scotland Yard.
Tune to a Corpse was first published in 1938, and has remained out of print until this new edition. It includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.
Publication Date: 16 May 2017
Publisher: Dean Street Press
Format: UK Paperback
Pages: 240
He called out, ‘Abie!’ The word was swallowed up in the depths of the hall. It was like a morgue.
Captain Eric Macrae is down on his luck, living in a cheap London boarding house and on his wits. When chance puts a string of valuable pearls his way, he can’t resist stealing them. But the pursuit of easy money is derailed first by Peggy, a neighbourhood girl who begins to suspect Macrae is up to no good. And then a well-known fence winds up dead… enter Chief Inspector Thompson of Scotland Yard.
Tune to a Corpse was first published in 1938, and has remained out of print until this new edition. It includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.
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