Queer face
By: Gerald Verner
Series: Linford mystery library
Publisher: Linford
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781444810790
Subjects: Robbery; Fiction
Description: On the trail of a jewel robber, Superintendent John Brent from Scotland Yard lies in wait, with the police, outside a riverside country house - the thief's next anticipated target. But, avoiding arrest, the armed robber fatally shoots Brent and escapes onto his boat. When the launch is found, a single thumbprint is the only clue to the owner's identity. Brent's policeman son, vows to find the man responsible - the man he will come to know as 'Queer Face'.