{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-kidnapped-colonel-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-9781912574131","title":"The Case of the Kidnapped Colonel: A Ludovic Travers Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe curtain had been drawn back and there was the bed. Wharton and a stranger were standing by it, and when Wharton moved to meet me, I saw on the bed the body of Penelope Craye.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"She's dead,\" I said.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWharton merely nodded.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce again, we meet our old friend Ludovic Travers--now \u003cem\u003eMajor\u003c\/em\u003e Travers, and commandant of Camp 55 in England during World War Two. Nearby lives the rather mysterious Colonel Brende--mysterious because he is in possession of certain fact relating to aerial defence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravers's suspicions that all is not well are intensified when Penelope, the colonel's flashy secretary, is murdered. Then George Wharton appears on the scene--the Scotland Yard man who has already solved some strange mysteries. In the rush of exciting events which follow, Travers plays a major part in solving the baffling happenings. Christopher Bush, Ludovic Travers, and George Wharton--at their best \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Case of the Kidnapped Colonel\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1942. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Curiosity is whetted by the aptness and neatness of his plots. . . All kinds of whys and wherefores could plainly be devised, but it would be hard to imagine any so satisfying as Mr. Bush's.\" \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well written, supplied with good characters, its setting and military incidentals realistic . . . in short, a good specimen of detective-story fitted to war-time England.\" \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No wonder Ludovic Travers is puzzled, and so will be the reader in this amusing variety of the orthodox spy story.\" \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912574131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.46d","brand":"Christopher Bush","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325166620853,"sku":"9781912574131","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d0e38391-930b-4363-9f57-9ff6a5831eaa.jpg?v=1660016862","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-case-of-the-kidnapped-colonel-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-9781912574131","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}