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Title: ANTIDOTE TO VENOM
By: Freeman Wills Crofts
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0712357793
ISBN 13: 9780712357791
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Publisher: THE BRITISH LIBRARY PUBLISHING DIVISION
Pub. date: 2 April, 2015
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Pages: 288
Description: George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As debts and pressure increase will Surridge commit the most devious murder.
Synopsis: 'Mr Wills Crofts is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle' - Times Literary Supplement 'He always manages to give us something that really keeps us guessing' - Daily Mirror George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As Surridge's debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality - and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals? This ingenious crime novel, with its unusual 'inverted' structure and sympathetic portrait of a man on the edge, is one of the greatest works by this highly respected author. The elaborate means of murder devised by Crofts's characters is perhaps unsurpassed in English crime fiction for its ostentatious intricacy.
Publication: UK
Imprint: The British Library Publishing Division
Returns: Returnable
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