Product Description
First UK EDITION, 1951, the first edition was published in the US in 1949. Classic noir era crime fiction
A Captain Steve Johnson mystery set in San Francisco. Steve, now a Captain, has the half promise of becoming head of homicide if he stays clear of all new cases. Almost in on the kill of the manager of a giveaway radio program, Steve tries to stay out of it, but with a second murder only he can shake the identification of the murderer.
Small format hardcover, edgewear to the dustjacket Arthur Baker UK, a 'Museum Street ' Thriller ( an imprint of reprinted US crime novels) .