Jumping Jenny
Penguin Main Series 337. 1st Edition, published 1941.
At a costume party with the dubious theme of ‘famous murderers and their victims', the know-it-all amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham is settled in for an evening of beer, small talk and analysing his companions. One guest in particular has caught his attention for her theatrics, and his theory that she might have several enemies among the partygoers proves true when she is found hanging from the 'decorative' gallows on the roof terrace.Noticing a key detail which could implicate a friend in the crime, Sheringham decides to meddle with the scene and unwittingly casts himself into jeopardy as the uncommonly thorough police investigation circles closer and closer to the truth.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Crease down length of lightkly foxed front cover. Crease to top right of front cover. Creases to right edge of rear cover. Wear to corner areas of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 337. 1st Edition, published 1941.
At a costume party with the dubious theme of ‘famous murderers and their victims', the know-it-all amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham is settled in for an evening of beer, small talk and analysing his companions. One guest in particular has caught his attention for her theatrics, and his theory that she might have several enemies among the partygoers proves true when she is found hanging from the 'decorative' gallows on the roof terrace.Noticing a key detail which could implicate a friend in the crime, Sheringham decides to meddle with the scene and unwittingly casts himself into jeopardy as the uncommonly thorough police investigation circles closer and closer to the truth.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Crease down length of lightkly foxed front cover. Crease to top right of front cover. Creases to right edge of rear cover. Wear to corner areas of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 337. 1st Edition, published 1941.
At a costume party with the dubious theme of ‘famous murderers and their victims', the know-it-all amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham is settled in for an evening of beer, small talk and analysing his companions. One guest in particular has caught his attention for her theatrics, and his theory that she might have several enemies among the partygoers proves true when she is found hanging from the 'decorative' gallows on the roof terrace.Noticing a key detail which could implicate a friend in the crime, Sheringham decides to meddle with the scene and unwittingly casts himself into jeopardy as the uncommonly thorough police investigation circles closer and closer to the truth.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Crease down length of lightkly foxed front cover. Crease to top right of front cover. Creases to right edge of rear cover. Wear to corner areas of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
