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David Mallin #14

by Roger Ormerod

Sometimes a case comes up backwards. When Ernest Connolly said "I have killed...", he did not name the victim. So Dave Mallin and George Coe find themselves attempting to discover a body to fit the crime. Fortunately, they have a lead - a rather unusual car. Although the victim is soon discovered, it is not at all certain where the blame really lies. And neither George nor Dave is quite certain, until the end, exactly whose murder they are investigating.

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

Roger Ormerod was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He worked as a county court officer, an executive officer in the Department of Social Security, a postman, and a shop loader in an engineering factory.