A Voice Like Velvet / Henderson Donald / Книга на Английском (Henderson Donald); Harpercollins, 2021

A sensational wartime crime novel about a BBC announcer who abuses his position to commit crimes against the rich and famous…
By day Ernest Bisham is a velvet-voiced announcer for the BBC; the whole country recognises the sound of his meticulous pronouncements. By night, however, Mr Bisham is a cat-burglar, careless about his loot, but revelling in the danger and excitement of his running contest with Scotland Yard. But as he gets away with more and more daring escapades, there will come a time when he goes too far . . .

When Donald Henderson’s Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper caused something of a sensation, his publishers were keen to capitalise on their author’s popularity, quickly reissuing The Announcer (originally published under his pen-name ‘D. H. Landels’) with the more alluring title A Voice Like Velvet. Despite a small edition of just 3,000 copies, it was his best reviewed work, as suspenseful and offbeat as his earlier success.

This Detective Club classic includes an introduction by The Golden Age of Murder’s Martin Edwards, who explores Henderson’s own BBC career and the long established tradition of books about gentlemen crooks. The book also includes a rare Henderson short story, the chilling ‘The Alarm Bell’.

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9780008449391
Автор(ы)	Henderson Donald
Вес	0.17
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2021
Жанр	проза на иностранном языке
Издатель	Harpercollins
Издательство	HarperCollins
Кол-во страниц	226
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	226
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Серия	Detective Club Crime Classics
Тип обложки	мягкая