Mysterious Mr. Badman
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Description
Taking a break from his holiday visiting his nephew, Jim, Athelstan Digby agrees to look after the old bookshop of Keldstone so that his hosts, the Lavenders, can attend their cousin’s funeral. On the first day of his tenure, three suspicious characters enquire after a copy of The Life and Times of Mr Badman by John Bunyan. When a copy mysteriously arrives in a bundle of books brought in by a young scamp, and is subsequently stolen, Digby moves to investigate the significance of the book with his nephew, and the two are soon embroiled in a case in which the stakes have risen from antiquarian book-pinching to ruthless murder.
First published in a limited run in 1934, this exceedingly rare bibliomystery is long overdue its return.
Additional information
| Dimensions | 130 × 190 mm |
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| Author | W. F. Harvey |
| Author Bio | William Fryer Harvey (1887-1937) was a writer best known today for his supernatural short stories, including 'August Heat' and 'The Beast with Five Fingers'. After studying at Oxford and Leeds, Harvey served in medical units during the First World War and received injuries during a rescue from a boiler room whilst assigned to the Royal Navy from which he never fully recovered. He lived for many years in Switzerland after the war before returning to Letchworth where he died aged 57. |
| ISBN | 9780712354370 |
| Number of Pages | 256 |
