First edition. A near fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. Soiling to the edges of the book's upper page block. Rubs to the dust jacket's spine tips and corners.
Pseudonym of James Douglas Rutherford McConnell. He was born in Kilkenny, Ireland. He studied at Clare College, Cambridge. In the Second World War, he served in the British Intelligence Corps in North Africa and Italy. After the war, he worked as a teacher at Eton College. Apart from writing crime fiction, he also wrote books of language instruction and collaborated on two novels with Francis Durbridge.