Accident For Inspector West
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: unclipped dj.
When a seemingly routine accident lands in the lap of Scotland Yard's most tenacious detective, Roger Handsome West quickly discovers that nothing about the case is accidental at all. Accident for Inspector West by John Creasey thrusts its protagonist into a labyrinthine web of deception, danger, and cold-blooded cunning, set against the gritty, rain-slicked streets of mid-twentieth-century London — a city that conceals as many secrets as it harbours suspects. Creasey, one of the most prolific crime writers of the twentieth century, crafted the Inspector West series with a masterful economy of pace and an unflinching eye for human frailty. His prose is taut and purposeful, balancing procedural authenticity with genuine suspense, as West must navigate treacherous loyalties and a criminal mind several steps ahead of the law. For aficionados of golden-age British crime fiction, this entry in the long-running series serves as a potent reminder of why Roger West endures as one of the genre's most compelling detectives — and why, in Creasey's world, nothing is ever quite what it seems.
Author: John Creasey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: unclipped dj.
When a seemingly routine accident lands in the lap of Scotland Yard's most tenacious detective, Roger Handsome West quickly discovers that nothing about the case is accidental at all. Accident for Inspector West by John Creasey thrusts its protagonist into a labyrinthine web of deception, danger, and cold-blooded cunning, set against the gritty, rain-slicked streets of mid-twentieth-century London — a city that conceals as many secrets as it harbours suspects. Creasey, one of the most prolific crime writers of the twentieth century, crafted the Inspector West series with a masterful economy of pace and an unflinching eye for human frailty. His prose is taut and purposeful, balancing procedural authenticity with genuine suspense, as West must navigate treacherous loyalties and a criminal mind several steps ahead of the law. For aficionados of golden-age British crime fiction, this entry in the long-running series serves as a potent reminder of why Roger West endures as one of the genre's most compelling detectives — and why, in Creasey's world, nothing is ever quite what it seems.