Payment Deferred: C.S. Forester (Penguin Modern Classics ? Crime and Espionage)

Forester, C.S.

ISBN 10: 0241654173 / ISBN 13: 9780241654170

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2023

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Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage series

There is nothing more dangerous than a desperate man

Bank clerk William Marble is facing financial ruin - until a visit from a wealthy young relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him an unexpected solution. But there is no such thing as the perfect murder. Gradually Marble becomes poisoned by guilt and fear, and his entire family corrupted. Sooner or later his deed will catch up with him, as events spiral out of control in the most unpredictable of ways...

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: C. S. Forester (1899-1966) was born in Cairo, where his father was a government official. On the outbreak of the Second World War, he entered the Ministry of Information. As well as the famous Horatio Hornblower series, his novels include The African Queen, adapted into the famous film, and crime novels Plain Murder and The Pursued.

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Titel: Payment Deferred: C.S. Forester (Penguin ...
Verlag: Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Used; Very Good