Books Update: Re-Working our Crime, Spies & Sleaze Category: Bryony to Canning
*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Crime, Spies and Sleaze category, with authors alphabetically from June Bryony to Victor Canning. June Bryony’s Enchanted Love 32 page booklet from the 1940s has an evocative cover illustration by Oliver Brabbins; there are two editions of John Buchan’s famous Thirty-Nine Steps from 1964 and 1968; 3 Day Pass To Kill by Burke and Grace is a tough murder mystery set in Berlin and is new in; and Victor Canning provides A Delivery Of Furies, a fast-paced crime adventure thriller.
PICTURED:
ENCHANTED LOVE by JUNE BRYONY GD/VG £7 Hamilton Late 1940s 1st UK PB
THE THIRY-NINE STEPS by JOHN BUCHAN GD £4 Pan 1964 15th UK PB SOLD
3 DAY PASS TO KILL by J W BURKE & EDWARD GRACE VG £7 Berkley 1955 1st US PB
A DELIVERY OF FURIES by VICTOR CANNING VG/FN £5 Mayflower 1969 1st UK PB