70671X1 Pemguin Crime Series. Penguin Books, Baltimore: 1958. 204 pages. Softcover. Good condition. Dozens of little ports in England boast leading citizens like Councillor Harold Carobleat, J.P., the ship broker; or Mr. Marcus Gwill, owner of the Flaxborough Citizen; or Dr. Rupert Hillyard, or Mr. Rodney Gloss, the lawyer, or even the amiable undertaker, Nab Bradlaw. To the traveller from the south - or indeed, to the Chief Constable - all might seem to be right and cosy in Flaxborough, even when Gwill was found electrocuted under a pylon just six months after helping to commit the mortal remains of Carobleat to the grave. After all, accidents will happen, even among close friends. But Inspector Purbright was less compacent. For Gwill's mouth had, at the moment of death, been crammed with marshmallow, and that didn't seem natural. By the time Purbright had taken the lid off the coffin and the lid off the town, quiet little Flaxborough was beginning to look like Port Said. "A nice feeling for the right word, and his book certainly contains some original ideas." - Francis Iles in the Guardian $44.96USD
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