The 12.30 From Croydon.

1st Penguin edition. (US title: Wilful and Premeditated). (An Inspector French mystery). A murder which is committed during a flight over the English Channel. The identity of the killer is revealed quite early in the book (making it an early example of the inverted detective story or "howcatchem"), and the reader can watch the preparations for the crime and how the murderer tries to cover up his tracks. The final chapters of the novel are set in a courtroom and during a private function at a hotel, where a rsum of the whole case is given in front of a small group of police detectives, solicitors, and barristers. Pp.255, slight toning to pages. Paperback, creasing and toning to spine. G+.

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Publisher: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1953.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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