Mystery Mile

Traitor's Purse

First published by William Heinemann Ltd. 1941

Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award

Cover Synopsis

'He did not remember anything about anything at all.
There was only that secret worry... that aweful half-recollected responsibility about fifteen. Fifteen. He had no idea what the figure signified. That part had gone completely. But it was both urgent and vital: he did know that.'

He had awoken in hospital under police guard and the threat of hanging. But somehow he had escaped. And now he was swept off by an attractive girl and a silly old man. They said his name was Albert Campion.

Whoever he was, it seemed that he was the only one who knew the full horror that threatened Britain in her darkest hour. But what was it? And why fifteen? He couldn't remember...

Mystery Mile

Traitor's Purse

First published by William Heinemann Ltd. 1941

Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award

Cover Synopsis

'He did not remember anything about anything at all. There was only that secret worry... that aweful half-recollected responsibility about fifteen. Fifteen. He had no idea what the figure signified. That part had gone completely. But it was both urgent and vital: he did know that.'

Penguin Edition - ISBN 0-14-016608-4 - Cover art by Andrew Davidson

'He did not remember anything about anything at all.
There was only that secret worry... that aweful half-recollected responsibility about fifteen. Fifteen. He had no idea what the figure signified. That part had gone completely. But it was both urgent and vital: he did know that.'