MARRIC, J.J. CREASEY, John - Gideon`s Art - [Gideon # 17] - (Hardcover in Wrapper)

Book and wrapper in great condition even though it belonged to a library before.   >>>   A priceless Velazquez is stolen from London's National Gallery.  National art treasures and private collections are endangered.  All this leads to a series of murders, blackmail and a Scotland Yard manhunt headed by the ever-resourceful Commander George Gideon.  The man Gideon is after is conscienceless and egocentric with a deadly passion for paintings.  He would like nothing better than to color Gideon dead.    (Goodreads)   >>>   John Creasey  (17 September 1908 9 June 1973) was an English crime and science fiction writer who wrote more novels using twenty-eight different pseudonyms.  He created several characters which are now famous, such as  (The Honourable Richard Rollison), Commander George , Inspector Roger West, The Baron (John Mannering), Doctor Emmanuel Cellini and Doctor Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey. The most popular of these was Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for the television series  and for the  movie Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), also known by its British title . .