The Secret Search: A Bobby Owen Mystery: 28 (The Bobby Owen Mysteries)

ThereS A Spot Of Trouble This Morning. Old Gentleman Found Dead In His Bath. Bobby Answered: There May Be One Chance In A Million ItS Natural Death. When The Notorious Gangster Cy King Was Imprisoned Thanks To Commander Bobby OwenS Investigation, He Spent A Good Deal Of Time Talking About Avenging Himself. Now CyS Out Of Jail, Linked To A Notorious London Nightclub Owner, While A Man Impersonating Bobby Has Been Spotted Snooping Around In A Remote London Suburb. The Same Suburb, As It Happens, Where A Young Woman, Recently Arrived From Canada, Has Seemingly Vanished Into Thin Air. All BobbyS Investigations Lead To The Unassuming Borough Of Southam, Where The Disappearance Of Elizabeth Smith Is Compounded By The Sudden Death Of A Respectable Old Man. Cy Keep Dodging Around In The Background Of The Case, But Can Bobby Bring It Home To The Old Villain - Or Find An Alternative Solution? The Secret Search, A Classic Golden Age Whodunit, Is The Twenty-Eighth Novel In The Bobby Owen Mystery Series, Originally Published In 1951. This New Edition Features An Introduction By Crime Fiction Historian Curtis Evans, And A Selection Of E.R. PunshonS Prolific Guardian Reviews Of Other Golden Age Mystery Fiction. What Is Distinction? ... In The Works Of Mr. E.R. Punshon We Salute It Every Time.--Dorothy L. Sayers