256pp. Red cloth boards (worn, heavily at corners and spine ends, marked, slightly soft). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, no other library markings. A few occasional finger marks on pages. Dusty text block edge). In its original, edge worn and lightly chapped dust jacket (spine crease, fraying at spine tips, two marks on back). Sydney Horler (18 July 1888 - 27 October 1954) was a prolific British novelist specialising in thrillers