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The Amazing Mr Blackshirt
(1955)(The fifth book in the Blackshirt series)
A novel by Roderic Graeme (Roderic Jeffries)
"Blackshirt - one of the most engaging criminals of literature" - Daily Mail
On his way to an auction, Richard Verrell's car gives just sufficient trouble to prevent his being present when two pendants, in which he is particularly interested, are sold.
To obtain the first of the pendants, Blackshirt pays a nocturnal visit to Bishop's Place, a visit which is to have enough unforeseen results to satisfy even his desire for excitement.
This, the fifth in the Blackshirt series, sees the famous cracksman laugh his way through a series of adventures that would leave any ordinary mortal gasping for breath.
"Mr. Graeme gives us many more thrills than some detective story writers supply for twice the money" - Daily Telegraph
'A first-rate whodunit turning on the resourcefulness of a country gentleman who exploits the process of the law to delay its action. Author on the top of his legal and social form.' - Francis Goff, The Sunday Telegraph
'Roderic Jeffries established a very high reputation for himself.' - Maurice Richardson, The Observer
'The resulting legal intricacies make fascinating reading.' - Hester Makeig, The Spectator
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and was educated at Harrow View House Preparatory School and the Department of Navigation, University of Southampton. In 1943, he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company as an apprentice and sailed to Australia and New Zealand, but later transferred to the Union Castle Company in order to visit a different part of the world. He returned to England in 1949 where he was admitted to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and read for the Bar at the same time as he began to write. His books have been adapted for film, television, and radio. His father, Graham Jeffries (pseudonym Bruce Graeme), began the Blackshirt series in 1925.
Genre: Mystery
On his way to an auction, Richard Verrell's car gives just sufficient trouble to prevent his being present when two pendants, in which he is particularly interested, are sold.
To obtain the first of the pendants, Blackshirt pays a nocturnal visit to Bishop's Place, a visit which is to have enough unforeseen results to satisfy even his desire for excitement.
This, the fifth in the Blackshirt series, sees the famous cracksman laugh his way through a series of adventures that would leave any ordinary mortal gasping for breath.
Praise for Roderic Jeffries
"Mr. Graeme gives us many more thrills than some detective story writers supply for twice the money" - Daily Telegraph
'A first-rate whodunit turning on the resourcefulness of a country gentleman who exploits the process of the law to delay its action. Author on the top of his legal and social form.' - Francis Goff, The Sunday Telegraph
'Roderic Jeffries established a very high reputation for himself.' - Maurice Richardson, The Observer
'The resulting legal intricacies make fascinating reading.' - Hester Makeig, The Spectator
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and was educated at Harrow View House Preparatory School and the Department of Navigation, University of Southampton. In 1943, he joined the New Zealand Shipping Company as an apprentice and sailed to Australia and New Zealand, but later transferred to the Union Castle Company in order to visit a different part of the world. He returned to England in 1949 where he was admitted to the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn and read for the Bar at the same time as he began to write. His books have been adapted for film, television, and radio. His father, Graham Jeffries (pseudonym Bruce Graeme), began the Blackshirt series in 1925.
Genre: Mystery
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