Back Room Girl
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Back Room Girl
By (Author) Francis Durbridge
Introduction by Melvyn Barnes
HarperCollins Publishers
Collins Crime Club
3rd March 2018
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
180g
Description
Never published in paperback, and back in print for the first time since 1950, Back Room Girl was the first original novel by Francis Durbridge.
Retiring to No Mans Cove in Cornwall to write his memoirs, crime reporter Roy Benton discovers that a disused tin mine has become a research station for a secret weapons project. Karen Silvers, in charge of operations, reluctantly accepts that Bentons experience could help her fight a sinister organisation intent on stealing their plans.
Having adapted five of his Paul Temple radio serials into successful novelisations, in 1950 Francis Durbridge decided to try his hand at writing his first original novel. Back Room Girl bore all the hallmarks of the famous Paul Temple stories, an outlandish mixture of mystery, glamour and suspense, in a book that was never reprinted and so became an enigma to his many fans until now.
Includes an introduction by bibliographer Melvyn Barnes
plus two rare short stories written for Christmas annuals:
LIGHT-FINGERS and A PRESENT FROM PAUL TEMPLE.
Reviews
Paul Temple gives thrills, suspense, and excitement for all. Daily Mail
Paul Temple commands a greater audience than any film actor or stage star. Temples adventures are listened to by millions of people all over the world. Temple is the modern Sherlock Holmes. Evening Standard
I enjoy every minute of Paul Temple. Its great! Daily Express
Mr Temple, the novelist with a genius for detection, is a phenomenon . . . probably the most famous of all modern fictional characters. London Evening News
Paul Temple has broken all records. The most famous . . . most persistently popular detective. Radio Times
Author Bio
Francis Henry Durbridge was born 25th November 1912 in Hull. In addition to writing mysteries for radio and television, Durbridge also forged a successful career as a writer for the stage and wrote 43 novels. Durbridge married Norah Lawley in 1940, they had two sons. He died at his home in Barnes aged 85 in 1998.
