Murder with a Kiss

Inbunden bok. Collins. 1963. 192 sidor.

Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag i hyggligt skick. PETER EARNSHAW is found poisoned
in his own car in a select garden village
on the outskirts of London.
The killer, a slim girl with blonde hair, is
actually seen —but not identi-fied. She
has left the mark of her vivid red lipstick
on her victim's face, and the police
discover that Earnshaw had met his
death by biting into a chocolate-
covered cyanide capsule.
This is the grim and dramatic beginning
of Victor Gunn's latest crime novel. In a
very short time Chief Inspector Bill
Cromwell, and his assistant, Sergeant
Johnny Lister, are on the scene to
investigate-and they find themselves up
against one of their knottiest problems,
with clues which lead them into baffling
byways.
Suspicions begin to centre around the
highly respectable Haversham family,
with the wealthy and powerful Arnold
Haversham claiming Cromwell's shrewd
attention. Is it possible that his mistress,
a blonde and impudent call-girl, is the
murderess? Or is the Kissing Killer a
maniac whose family has no suspicion
of her activities? Then comes a second
murder, an exact replica of the first; the
entire garden village is in a state of
apprehension and suspicion until the
crafty Ironsides stages a dramatic
climax, and claims his innocent-faced
and cold-blooded prisoner.