Hydra-Head
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — visible wear and chipping on corners and spine edges; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A gripping entry in the mid-century American Bloodhound Mystery series, Hydra-Head by Sterling Noel delivers a fast-paced, pulp-noir thriller charged with desert danger and post-war intrigue. The story chronicles a relentless pursuit across the American Southwest, where a lone protagonist races through the landscape in pursuit of a shadowy, multi-headed criminal conspiracy that refuses to be cut down. Noel, a prolific writer of crime and espionage fiction in the 1950s, crafts taut, cinematic prose that keeps the tension coiled from the opening page to the last. With its evocative desert setting and hard-boiled sensibility, Hydra-Head stands as a vivid example of the popular pulp mystery genre that captivated American readers in the post-war decade.
Author: Sterling Noel
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, T.V. Boardman and Company Limited, London
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — visible wear and chipping on corners and spine edges; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A gripping entry in the mid-century American Bloodhound Mystery series, Hydra-Head by Sterling Noel delivers a fast-paced, pulp-noir thriller charged with desert danger and post-war intrigue. The story chronicles a relentless pursuit across the American Southwest, where a lone protagonist races through the landscape in pursuit of a shadowy, multi-headed criminal conspiracy that refuses to be cut down. Noel, a prolific writer of crime and espionage fiction in the 1950s, crafts taut, cinematic prose that keeps the tension coiled from the opening page to the last. With its evocative desert setting and hard-boiled sensibility, Hydra-Head stands as a vivid example of the popular pulp mystery genre that captivated American readers in the post-war decade.