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Death of a Tom

Douglas Warner

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Description:Mean, cowardly, unbalanced—despicable. These were adjectives used by the public at large to describe Edgar Horncastle—mass-murderer and megalomaniac. Chief-Inspector David Wyndham used them with even more feeling but, however unwillingly, he had to use the word 'clever' to qualify his disgust as time and again the killer eluded his police network. Linda Ward used them perhaps most feelingly of all. She was a torn, a prostitute, and although socially and financially above the ruck of 'the Ripper's' victims, she had good reason to loathe him —and to take her revenge. This general hatred was directed against a man who had looked quite ordinary, had kept down a humdrum office job and had lived in seeming married harmony in a respectable block of flats behind Lord's Cricket Ground. Then things had happened at home; he gave way to a temptation; he found himself in the clutches of a blackmailer and a chain of circumstances changed a man who had been unpleasant but ineffectual into an obsessed demon of frightening and calculated evil. With the same insight into the mind of the London public and the same closely observed details of the underworld as he has shown in his highly successful Death of a Snout and Death of a Bogey, Douglas Warner traces the destructive path of a misguided crusade, describes its tragic repercussions and its sudden violent end. Death of a Tom supports Mr. Warner's growing reputation as one of the most significant new names in the field of crime fiction.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Death of a Tom. To get started finding Death of a Tom, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 211

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Cassell, London

Release: 1963

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Description: Mean, cowardly, unbalanced—despicable. These were adjectives used by the public at large to describe Edgar Horncastle—mass-murderer and megalomaniac. Chief-Inspector David Wyndham used them with even more feeling but, however unwillingly, he had to use the word 'clever' to qualify his disgust as time and again the killer eluded his police network. Linda Ward used them perhaps most feelingly of all. She was a torn, a prostitute, and although socially and financially above the ruck of 'the Ripper's' victims, she had good reason to loathe him —and to take her revenge. This general hatred was directed against a man who had looked quite ordinary, had kept down a humdrum office job and had lived in seeming married harmony in a respectable block of flats behind Lord's Cricket Ground. Then things had happened at home; he gave way to a temptation; he found himself in the clutches of a blackmailer and a chain of circumstances changed a man who had been unpleasant but ineffectual into an obsessed demon of frightening and calculated evil. With the same insight into the mind of the London public and the same closely observed details of the underworld as he has shown in his highly successful Death of a Snout and Death of a Bogey, Douglas Warner traces the destructive path of a misguided crusade, describes its tragic repercussions and its sudden violent end. Death of a Tom supports Mr. Warner's growing reputation as one of the most significant new names in the field of crime fiction.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Death of a Tom. To get started finding Death of a Tom, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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