WALLACE, EDGAR — The Man at the Carlton

Hodder. 1969. Paperback with dust jacket, 18 Cm. Book, Less than 500g. Owner name. Lew Daney is a cunning and successful criminal, the first true English gunman. But Daney is not all bad; once he saved Mary Grier from a knife attack by a madman. Mary Grier now works at Clench House in Scotland as secretary to the miserly Mr Arkwright, and Mr Arkwright's nephew and heir is 'Tiger' Tim Jordan, an ex-Colonial police officer now holidaying in England and seeking work with Scotland Yard. Jordan doesn't get much of a holiday but he does get the job, after proving his mettle in pursuit of a murderous criminal. Good/None issued.