Antidote to Venom: A British Library Crime Classic (British Crime Classics Book 5)

Mr Wills Crofts is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle€ €“ Times Literary Supplement 'He always manages to give us something that really keeps us guessing€ €“ Daily Mirror George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As Surridge€s debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality €“ and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals? This ingenious crime novel, with its unusual 'inverted€ structure and sympathetic portrait of a man on the edge, is one of the greatest works by this highly respected author. The elaborate means of murder devised by Crofts€s characters is perhaps unsurpassed in English crime fiction for its ostentatious intricacy. This new edition is the first in several decades and includes an introduction by the award-winning novelist and crime fiction expert Martin Edwards.