{"product_id":"2026100011360-secondhand-of-death-but-once","title":"Of Death But Once","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: binding remains tight. Pages: some glue residue on the dj and endpapers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shadowy world of danger and deception unfolds in Of Death But Once, a gripping crime thriller from Australian author Roy Bulcock, published by the Melbourne-based F. W. Cheshire imprint. The novel draws readers into a taut narrative where mortality looms large and the line between hunter and hunted blurs with every turn of the page, immersing the protagonist — and the reader — in a web of calculated menace and desperate consequence.\n\nBulcock's prose carries the muscular, no-nonsense cadence characteristic of mid-century Australian crime fiction, a tradition that prized atmosphere and psychological tension over mere procedural plotting. Writing with a firm command of pacing and character, he illustrates how the spectre of death can reshape ordinary lives in extraordinary ways. A rarity from an underappreciated corner of antipodean literary history, Of Death But Once is a testament to the vitality of Australian genre writing — and a reminder that some threats, once set in motion, can only end one way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573323239643,"sku":"2026100011360-SECONDHAND","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/fcf1ccaf-e824-4b7e-8749-a1ca184f20f3.png?v=1791167936","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011360-secondhand-of-death-but-once","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}