Clutch of Constables (First UK Hardback Edition)
Condition: Very goodSome tanning and page spotting, a small inscription on the title page, and some fading to the dust jacket.
"A classic Ngaio Marsh novel which features blood-curdling murders in the confines of a riverboat, the Zodiac, cruising through Constable country.
'He looks upon the murders that he did in fact perform as tiresome and regrettable necessities,' reflected Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn on the international crook known as 'the Jampot'.
But it was Alleyn's wife Troy who knew 'the Jampot' best: she had shared close quarters with him on the tiny pleasure steamer Zodiac on a cruise along the peaceful rivers of 'Constable country'. And it was she who knew something was badly wrong even before Alleyn was called in to solve the two murders on board…
This 1968 copy of Ngaio Marsh's classic mystery is a UK first edition hardback. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition, other than the tanning and page spotting common to books this age, a small inscription on the title page, and some fading to the dust jacket (common with these copies).
