Publication Date: 29/04/2021 ISBN: 9780008449391 Category:

A Voice Like Velvet

Donald Henderson, Martin Edwards

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 29/04/2021 ISBN: 9780008449391 Category:
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A sensational wartime crime novel about a BBC announcer who abuses his position to commit crimes against the rich and famous…

By day Ernest Bisham is a velvet-voiced announcer for the BBC; the whole country recognises the sound of his meticulous pronouncements. By night, however, Mr Bisham is a cat-burglar, careless about his loot, but revelling in the danger and excitement of his running contest with Scotland Yard. But as he gets away with more and more daring escapades, there will come a time when he goes too far . . .

When Donald Henderson’s Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper caused something of a sensation, his publishers were keen to capitalise on their author’s popularity, quickly reissuing The Announcer (originally published under his pen-name ‘D. H. Landels’) with the more alluring title A Voice Like Velvet. Despite a small edition of just 3,000 copies, it was his best reviewed work, as suspenseful and offbeat as his earlier success.

This Detective Club classic includes an introduction by The Golden Age of Murder’s Martin Edwards, who explores Henderson’s own BBC career and the long established tradition of books about gentlemen crooks. The book also includes a rare Henderson short story, the chilling ‘The Alarm Bell’.

Publisher Review

'Skilfuly written and quietly suspenseful'-Martin Edwards 'Combines a psychopathic study with [an] effective hare and hounds adventure'-Kirkus Reviews 'Ah, just the sort of book I like'-Daily Express 'People who have a weakness for stories about gentlemen crooks-and judging by the popularity of Raffles, Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, etc., there are thousands of them-will be delighted to make the acquaintance of Ernest Bisham.'

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