Joan Fleming — He Ought to Be Shot

London, Hutchinson, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this psychological crime novel by Joan Fleming, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Joan Fleming (1908-1970) was a British novelist best known for her psychological crime fiction, often compared with Margery Allingham and Josephine Tey.Set in a small English village, the novel centres on a respectable widow who contemplates murdering the older, foreign artist she suspects of corrupting her daughter, testing the assumption that people of her class are incapable of crime. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Very minor traces of shelf wear to extremities. Hinges very slightly cracked, firm. Dust wrapper, very smart. One or two small chips, closed tears, and creases to extremities. Slight soiling to wraps, one small spot of damp staining to rear wrap. Tape reinforcements to head and tail of spine to inside wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.