The Last Appointment
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with chipping and wear to edges and corners. Some minor damage visible. No major tears but general age-related wear. Page Condition: Likely yellowed given age. Markings: No visible markings from the exterior. Binding: Appears intact.
A taut mid-century crime thriller, The Last Appointment is a classic entry in Hartley Howard's long-running series featuring Glenn Bowman, a hard-boiled American private investigator working in Britain. Howard — the pen name of Leopold Horace Ognall — crafts a relentlessly paced narrative that draws Bowman into a web of danger, deception, and murder, where every clue leads deeper into deadly territory. The prose is sharp and economical, characteristic of the era's finest crime writing, delivering suspense with clean, punchy dialogue and mounting tension. Published under the prestigious Collins Crime Club imprint, the novel stands as a fine example of post-war British detective fiction at its most compelling.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with chipping and wear to edges and corners. Some minor damage visible. No major tears but general age-related wear. Page Condition: Likely yellowed given age. Markings: No visible markings from the exterior. Binding: Appears intact.
A taut mid-century crime thriller, The Last Appointment is a classic entry in Hartley Howard's long-running series featuring Glenn Bowman, a hard-boiled American private investigator working in Britain. Howard — the pen name of Leopold Horace Ognall — crafts a relentlessly paced narrative that draws Bowman into a web of danger, deception, and murder, where every clue leads deeper into deadly territory. The prose is sharp and economical, characteristic of the era's finest crime writing, delivering suspense with clean, punchy dialogue and mounting tension. Published under the prestigious Collins Crime Club imprint, the novel stands as a fine example of post-war British detective fiction at its most compelling.
