DEATH BY TWO HANDS

&lsquo,One brown mouse. Victim of foul play.&rsquo,Chalk Street, Camden Town, is the busy scene for all kinds of commercial activity &ndash, some legal, some a little less so. By day, local crime boss Mr. Rivers works as a market trader, but gladly turns his attention to the potentially lucrative theft of fox-skins in the countryside. However, what should have been a simple robbery leads to a string of murders, and a Scotland Yard investigation, led by Chief-Inspector Thompson. A case in which one of the clues is no fox, but a fat brown mouse &hellip,Death by Two Hands was first published in 1937, and has remained out of print until this new edition. It includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.&lsquo,Little people in [the] grip of tragic destiny &hellip, brilliantly done&rsquo, Saturday Review of Literature&lsquo,I have the highest opinion of Peter Drax&rsquo,s murder stories &hellip, The secret of Peter Drax&rsquo,s success is his ability to make the circumstances as plausible as the characters are real&rsquo, Sunday Times_,