ALAN HYND'S MURDER

Hardback. Featuring 12 classic murder cases, ranking among the most unusual and spectacular, investigated by well-known criminologists. Contents include : The Case of the Twenty-Three Murders: On Sptember 9, 1949, a time-bomb exploded on board a DC-3 in mid-flight. The intended victim was killed, and 22 others, but a 9 minute delay and the fine reporting of M. Edmond Chasse, led the authorities to the murderer. The Case of the East Murders: The infamous Robert Irwin affair, which turned New York City on its ear in 1937, and which Inspector Francis Kear solved by parlaying 3 corpses, some bars of soap, a sensational diary, and a missing alarm clock into a mad sculptor with strong hands. The Case of the Man with Two Faces: Philadelphia 1915. Lt. William J. "Billy" Belshaw deduces a murderer from the quicklimed corpse in a packing case. The Case of the Scrambled Sleepers: Nassau County, New York, 1934. The lurid imagination of a tabloid-reader sets off an investigation of the peculiar death of Everett Appelgate's 250-pound wife, and reveals the scandalous sleeping arrangements in the house. The Case of the Obscure Romeo: Los Angeles, 1922. For 19yrs. Walburga Oesterreich keeps her paramour hidden in the attic above her bedroom. The most marvellous thing about the murder is that it didn't happen years before. The Case of the Resurrected Girl: A skeleton is found in a shallow grave one hour north of New York City. Captain Grant Williams identifies the victim by reconstructing her face, and one murder later the killer is caught. The Case of the Confident Killer: Santa Barbara County, California, 1942-1949. Undersheriff John Ross encounters one of the most baffling engimas in modern crime annals. The Case of the Hypnotic Plotter: Dr. Henry Meyer, healer, fashion-plate, and specialist at insurance fraud, who lives for love and murders for profit, leads the police on a merry chase between Chicago, New York and Toledo + much, much more. 246pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned pp. Vg+ in Vg. dw. which has sl. sunned sp.