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The Football Pool Murders
(1939)(The Coupon Crimes)
(The fifth book in the Robert Budd series)A novel by Gerald Verner
Winning a fortune can be a losing gamble...
Most people would regard winning a fortune on the Football Pools a stroke of very good luck indeed.
Such a win offers up opportunities many people can only dream of. But for three particular people their big win was anything but lucky.
After receiving their presentation cheques from the Pools company, the three winners went missing — disappearing mysteriously, their cheques uncashed.
Later, three bodies are found.
Were these murders the work of a religious maniac who violently disapproved of gambling?
Was it a clever ploy to exact revenge of some kind?
Was it simply a poorly thought attempt to get hands on the money?
Superintendent Budd has good cause to wonder as he tackles one of his most baffling cases ...
‘A gripping murder mystery’ – Thomas Waugh
‘One of Verner’s most mysterious cases…’ – Tom Kasey
Gerald Verner (1897-1980) was the pseudonym of British writer John Robert Stuart Pringle. Born in London, Verner wrote more than 120 novels that have been translated in over 35 languages, and many of his books have been adapted into films, radio serials and stage plays. Verner also wrote forty-four Sexton Blake tales.
Genre: Mystery
Most people would regard winning a fortune on the Football Pools a stroke of very good luck indeed.
Such a win offers up opportunities many people can only dream of. But for three particular people their big win was anything but lucky.
After receiving their presentation cheques from the Pools company, the three winners went missing — disappearing mysteriously, their cheques uncashed.
Later, three bodies are found.
Were these murders the work of a religious maniac who violently disapproved of gambling?
Was it a clever ploy to exact revenge of some kind?
Was it simply a poorly thought attempt to get hands on the money?
Superintendent Budd has good cause to wonder as he tackles one of his most baffling cases ...
Praise for Gerald Verner…
‘A gripping murder mystery’ – Thomas Waugh
‘One of Verner’s most mysterious cases…’ – Tom Kasey
Gerald Verner (1897-1980) was the pseudonym of British writer John Robert Stuart Pringle. Born in London, Verner wrote more than 120 novels that have been translated in over 35 languages, and many of his books have been adapted into films, radio serials and stage plays. Verner also wrote forty-four Sexton Blake tales.
Genre: Mystery
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