Mole william pseud younger william (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. Publisher's dark blue cloth with the pictorial dust-jacket which is unclipped, well rubbed at ends of spine and points of corners. Text block a touch toned with a few spots of foxing here and there, and a slight 'lean' to the text black. 190 pages. A VG+ copy of this uncommon suspense novel written by the William Younger (1917-62), who was author Dennis Wheatley's stepson. "William Mole was the pseudonym of a fellow named William Younger, who wrote poetry and a few thrillers back in the fifties. This curiously titled piece of work was published in 1955 and apparently did fairly well; online comments are mostly favorable. I have to say it didn't do much for me. It features an amateur sleuth named Casson Duker, a well-to-do London wine merchant who solves crimes in his ample spare time. In this one he notices a fellow member of his club drinking more heavily than usual and gets the fellow to admit he has been blackmailed. Duker's curiosity is piqued, and, as the victim refuses to go to the police, he undertakes to track down the villain", Sam Reeves (GoodReads). Book. …