DEATH AMONG THE SUNBATHERS

The body of a brilliant woman journalist is recovered from the wreck of a burning car. It is soon discovered that the smash did not kill her, she was dead already, shot by a Browning automatic that was found near by. Superintendent Mitchell, with the help of Owen, a young University graduate turned policeman, follows the enigmatic clues backwards and forwards between a furrier, a picture dealer, and the establishment of a fanatical sunbathing enthusiast. Then dramatically the story begins to repeat itself, as the persistently recurring figure of an old lag who calls himself &lsquo,Bobs-the-boy&rsquo, carries another body out into the night. Death Among The Sunbathers is the second of E.R. Punshon&rsquo,s acclaimed Bobby Owen mysteries, first published in 1934 and part of a series which eventually spanned thirty-five novels. &ldquo,What is distinction? The few who achieve it step &ndash, plot or no plot &ndash, unquestioned into the first rank&hellip, in the works of Mr. E.R. Punshon we salute it every time.&rdquo, Dorothy L. Sayers_,