Death In A Dark Pool
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.
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the shadowed corners of mid-century crime fiction, Death in a Dark Pool by Hèn and Laurens Van Rensburg crafts a taut, atmospheric thriller where murder lurks beneath a deceptively still surface. The novel draws readers into a world of hidden motives and dangerous secrets, where the discovery of a body sets off a chain of events that exposes the darkest impulses of those who appeared most respectable — a classic whodunit with a distinctly sinister edge. The Van Rensburgs write with a confident, precise hand, constructing a narrative that balances careful procedural detail with psychological tension, a hallmark of the golden age crime tradition in which this work firmly sits. Published by the prestigious London imprint Michael Joseph — a house renowned for championing quality crime and literary fiction — Death in a Dark Pool stands as a compelling example of collaborative crime writing at its most assured. Who killed whom, and why, remains tantalizingly out of reach until the very last page.
Author: Hèn & Laurens Van Rensburg
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, Michael Joseph
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the shadowed corners of mid-century crime fiction, Death in a Dark Pool by Hèn and Laurens Van Rensburg crafts a taut, atmospheric thriller where murder lurks beneath a deceptively still surface. The novel draws readers into a world of hidden motives and dangerous secrets, where the discovery of a body sets off a chain of events that exposes the darkest impulses of those who appeared most respectable — a classic whodunit with a distinctly sinister edge. The Van Rensburgs write with a confident, precise hand, constructing a narrative that balances careful procedural detail with psychological tension, a hallmark of the golden age crime tradition in which this work firmly sits. Published by the prestigious London imprint Michael Joseph — a house renowned for championing quality crime and literary fiction — Death in a Dark Pool stands as a compelling example of collaborative crime writing at its most assured. Who killed whom, and why, remains tantalizingly out of reach until the very last page.