The Litmore Snatch
1957 novel
 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Henry Wade |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Constable (UK) Macmillan Inc. (US) |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Media type | |
The Litmore Snatch is a 1957 detective thriller novel by the British writer Henry Wade.[1] It was his final novel.[2] Like much of Wade's work it takes the form of a standard police procedural. A review in The Guardian by fellow crime writer Anthony Berkeley considered the "book is a quiet and almost factual account of the police procedure following the kidnapping of a small boy for ransom, and personally I found it fascinating"
Synopsis
The owner of a newspaper in a seaside town in the North East of England receives threatening letters. Soon afterwards his ten-year-old son is kidnapped and a £10,000 ransom demanded.
References
Bibliography
- Cooper, John & Pike, B.A. Artists in Crime: An Illustrated Survey of Crime Fiction First Edition Dustwrappers, 1920-1970. Scolar Press, 1995.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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