Murderers in our Midst

Author(s): Firmin, Stanley

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket Protection:	Mylar - Archival quality
Edition:	1st Edition
Impression:	1st Impression
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Hutchinson
Publication Year:	1955
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	014318
Catalogue(s):	Crime, True Crime and Conspiracies

1st edition. 198pp, plus monochrome plate frontispiece and 22 further monochrome plate illustrations. In red cloth-covered boards with black titles on spine. 8vo. Boards very gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, a little toning on text block edges. A few small spots on endpapers, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, price-clipped dust jacket, gently rubbed and faded at edges, sunned on spine. Dust jacket is protected in a Mylar-style protective wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Stanley Firmin, the well-known crime correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, draws on a life time of experience in crime reporting to throw new light on the subject of murder and those who commit it. In a lively and vivid style he tells the stories of murders who got away with it, deals with the mind of the murderer and discussed unsolved murders and discloses little-known details of how Scotland Yard murderer-catching machine worked.

Keywords:

Crime criminology true crime policing detection Scotland Yard