{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-curious-client-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-paperback","title":"The Case of the Curious Client: A Ludovic Travers Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bush\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNear the right temple was a hole, and down the forehead and along the nose was dried blood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Shot, by God  No wonder the poor old devil couldn't hear.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the telephone bell rings in Bill Ellice's Broad Street Detective Agency, it happens to be Ludovic Travers who takes the call. The new client is certainly out of the ordinary, for he claims that his life is in danger. He wants the firm to trace a nephew who would be a protection. Travers finds the Curious Client puzzling--and that night the client is murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll that confronts the police is a series of perfect alibis and yet the enquiry has to go on. It leads to a night-club and a country house and to the queer business of a mink coat and a poultry-farm. And after that to a second murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are both Ludovic Travers and Christopher Bush at their best. To the legion of their admirers there is no need to say more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Case of the Curious Client\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1947. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is something fine . . . about Bush's writing that stands his work apart from the helter-skelter concoctions of the majority of his competitors.\" \u003cem\u003eHoofs and Horns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51797033550112,"sku":"9781912574995","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/64d56248215d7ca3786a95b6854023e6.webp?v=1780771925","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-curious-client-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}