The Long Night
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:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
When darkness falls and danger refuses to lift, Seldon Truss masterfully draws readers into the taut, shadow-laden world of The Long Night, a gripping crime thriller that keeps its tension wound tight from the first page to the last. Truss constructs a world where ordinary men are thrust into extraordinary peril, where the night stretches on endlessly and every shadow conceals a new threat, chronicling a relentless battle of wits against forces that seem impossible to outrun or outwit. A stalwart of mid-twentieth-century British crime fiction, Truss writes with the precise, economical style characteristic of the genre's golden era — each chapter peeling back another layer of intrigue, each revelation raising the stakes further. Published by the venerable London house of Hodder and Stoughton, long synonymous with quality thriller fiction, The Long Night stands as a testament to Truss's skill in manufacturing dread from the mundane, leaving the reader to wonder: when the night finally ends, who — if anyone — will be left standing in the light?
Author: Seldon Truss
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Tanning and foxing
When darkness falls and danger refuses to lift, Seldon Truss masterfully draws readers into the taut, shadow-laden world of The Long Night, a gripping crime thriller that keeps its tension wound tight from the first page to the last. Truss constructs a world where ordinary men are thrust into extraordinary peril, where the night stretches on endlessly and every shadow conceals a new threat, chronicling a relentless battle of wits against forces that seem impossible to outrun or outwit. A stalwart of mid-twentieth-century British crime fiction, Truss writes with the precise, economical style characteristic of the genre's golden era — each chapter peeling back another layer of intrigue, each revelation raising the stakes further. Published by the venerable London house of Hodder and Stoughton, long synonymous with quality thriller fiction, The Long Night stands as a testament to Truss's skill in manufacturing dread from the mundane, leaving the reader to wonder: when the night finally ends, who — if anyone — will be left standing in the light?