GRAEME, Roderic - Paging Blackshirt - [Blackshith #7] - (Excellent 1957 1st Ed. Hardcover in Jacket)

(NO MORE THAN 5 BOOKS PER ORDER OR PARCEL ALLOWED) - Book and unclipped wrapper in great condition - 192 pg.   >>>     Best-selling crime author Richard Verrell is secretly the gentleman crook Blackshirt. In his secret identity the police and authorities often call on his aid when dealing with crimes, due to his extensive knowledge of the topic.  While originally a crook, his good nature and willingness to help those in need eventually led him to become a full-fledged crime-fighter.   >>>   Judith Armitage is being blackmailed but the identity of the blackmailer remains unknown. He knows her secret and so she has no choice but to follow his orders. His latest demand: she is to sell her mothers jewelry and send him the proceeds. Terrified for her life, Judith sells the jewelry to a local auction house. But when the jewelry is stolen, Judith, with no money to pay the blackmailer, is left in a helpless predicament. - For crime writer Richard Verrell, also known as Blackshirt, life has been quiet and uneventful for too long. The necklace in the auction rooms thus presents the perfect challenge for the seasoned burglar. But Verrell soon finds himself involved in the hunt for a dangerous criminal Judiths mystery blackmailer. And it soon appears that the blackmailer has more than one victim -   Richar Verrell's theft of a valuable necklace leads to blackmail and the pursuit of cunning and dangerous criminal. -  Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926. In 1943 he went to sea with the New Zealand Shipping Company and returned to England in 1949 where he practiced law before starting to write full time. His books have been adapted for film, television, and radio. His father, Graham Jeffries (pseudonym Bruce Graeme), began the Blackshirt series in 1925.