Basil Francis Bibliography

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Title   Date Issue Points - Notes Death at the Bank Constable 1938 Mar 38. DW 7/6 Slender Margin Constable 1938 June 38. DW 7/6 The Holiday Camp Murder Constable 1939 DW 7/6 Death for Safe Custody Quality 1944 DW 8/6 Death on the Roof Quality 1946 Not in the English Catalogue of Books Death on the Atoll Quality 1948 Jacket priced 7/6 Death in Act IV Herbert Jenkins 1954   All page content © Classic Crime Fiction Further Information Basil Francis, born 1906, had one main series character, Inspector Ghent. Other than that we are ignorant, please do get in touch if you can help. Synopsis When Railton, manager of the Southern Bank m Burchester, was found dead with his skull smashed in, it was easy enough to discover a motive for the crime. There were so many ! Railton was a first-class cad, and at least ten people had perfectly good reasons for destroying him, as the author of Death at the Bank very capably shows. That Mr. Basil Francis is able to maintain the reader's interest until the final chapters, when the murderer is revealed, points to his undoubted skill in narrative and plot-building, and one feels that a new master in the genre of the murder thriller has arrived. The style is bright and refreshingly free from dullness.

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