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Graham Ison : Underneath the Arches

Little, Brown and Company, Great Britain, 1994

ISBN 0316908207

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AC4 - A first UK edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has small bends on flaps, light discoloration, and light shelf wear. Book has light discoloration on pages and light shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9"x5.5", 216 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Early on an October morning in London, a team of Flying Squad officers, under the command of the redoubtable Detective Chief Superintendent Tommy Fox, is keeping observation on a repository of stolen property underneath some railway arches in Lambeth. Two thieves, arriving to lodge the proceeds of yet another robbery, discover- to their horror and to the surprise of the police- that it contains the body of a young woman. Approaching the investigation in his usual unorthodox way, Fox has to contend not only with the familiar catalogue of villainy but also with two complaints that have been made against him and which are being investigated by the unbending and humorless Commander Willow. Porn-brokers, an oil executive who travels frequently between London and Kuwait, big-businessmen, charity workers and a civil servant all come under suspicion. And, in the course o f his inquires, Fox also manages to get rather close to a young female member of the nobility. But then Fox always did have a discerning eye. Working his unconventional way through the obstacles that seem constantly to be strewn in his path, Fox eventually resolves the mystery of the body that was found underneath the arches.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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