TUNE TO A CORPSE

He called out, &lsquo,Abie!&rsquo, The word was swallowed up in the depths of the hall. It was like a morgue.Captain Eric Macrae is down on his luck, living in a cheap London boarding house and on his wits. When chance puts a string of valuable pearls his way, he can&rsquo,t resist stealing them. But the pursuit of easy money is derailed first by Peggy, a neighbourhood girl who begins to suspect Macrae is up to no good. And then a well-known fence winds up dead &hellip, enter Chief Inspector Thompson of Scotland Yard.Tune to a Corpse was first published in 1938, and has remained out of print until this new edition. It includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.&lsquo,London underworld life is described with colour and realism. The steps in the weakling killer&rsquo,s descent to Avernus are thrillingly traced.&rdquo, 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_,