Arcturus Crime Classics showcase unjustly neglected works by great writers from the 1930s - the so-called golden age of crime writing - through to the 1970s. From conventional whodunnits to slick thrillers, the series encompasses every facet of this ever-popular genre. This fast-paced thriller opens with laconic private eye Rex Carver accepting an apparently straightforward job of tracing a missing young German au pair. Never one to avoid trouble, Carver soon becomes entangled in a dangerous game of international espionage and double dealing.

Rex Carver is a private-eye based in London, but his work can take him far from there. This case leads him to Ireland and to France, whilst he is trying to find a man left a legacy by an aunt. The man is involved with a large haul of diamonds, and Rex has to deal with people about to trade these millions of dollars worth of stolen diamonds for heroin and opium. Two of these people are attractive twin Chinese sisters Suma and Lian, agents of the People's Republic of China...

First edition bound in blue cloth. A VG+ copy in a Good dust jacket. Small rubs to the book's corners. Soiling to the edges of the upper page block. The dust jacket has a 2" x 1" chip at the bottom left edge of the front panel. Rubs to its spine tips and corners. There is a small chip at the rear panel's lower edge.

The pulse-pounding final novel in the Rex Carver Mysteries. Rex Carver, London private investigator, is sent to France in pursuit of some hot wheels. Rex Carver wants a holiday – is determined to have one, in fact. So when millionaire Cavan O’Dowda attempts to hire him to track down some stolen property, the answer is a flat ‘No’. Until, that is, Cavan’s beautiful daughter, Julia, arrives to collect him. The property in question is a top-of-the-range Mercedes, missing in France somewhere between Evian and Cannes; the driver turned up in Cannes without the car, and with no memory of the prior 48 hours. O’Dowda wants the vehicle, and the papers concealed within it, recovered at any cost… The Bond of private investigators sets out on his final mission, perfect for fans of Elmore Leonard and Raymond Chandler.