First published in 1951; cover shown is the 1958 first UK edition by W. Foulsham & Co.
Cover artist unknown.
192p. Mystery fiction.
First sentence: At five minutes to five Lucy Graham closed her typewriter and cleared her desk.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
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4 comments:
This is an amazing cover! I'm not familiar with this book or Disney as an author, but I am mightily impressed with the jacket. (Was this a recent score in the ACT?) Thanks for sharing the image.
Glad you liked the cover, Gavin... it's a favouite of mine, too. And yes, it's a Canberra find - $7 in a used book store.
I'm not very familiar with Disney either. I'd heard of her, but never read any of her work or actually even seen any of her books. I think she was big in the US, but not so much in the rest of the world. Hopefully 'The Straw Man' turns out to be as good a read as the cover!
:-) CC, that was indeed a nice find for $7 - worth it for the jacket alone, and a true bargain if the book is a good read. (I'll look forward to a review at some future stage...!)
A great cover for a great book. I'm a great fan of Disney, and this one is among her best.
The French cover if you're interested:
http://unmystere.free.fr/assets/images/dit_06102.jpg
I fail to see what Charlton Heston had to do with this book, but I guess the publisher had his reasons.
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