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==Book Description==
 
==Book Description==
  
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The note on the blue paper read...
  
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"The best way to disappear is to die." But the Toff disagreed and in doing so challenged a killer.
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The mystery took him to the East End of London, with its narrow streets, blind alleys and dingy courts - familiar to the Toff because they had so often been his happy hunting ground. From there the trail veered to the West End where he found the lovely Clarissa, to whom a new sensation was the only luxury worth while. The chase led him into opposition with the police, and against the advice of his friends, because he was determined that a man should disappear without dying. Finally it led him to "Old Nob's" and high drama, where death awaited him. The Toff laughed in its face...but he was afraid...
  
 
==Cover Variation (By Release Date)==
 
==Cover Variation (By Release Date)==

Latest revision as of 07:57, 25 November 2012

1951 US Edition
By John Creasey
Publisher Harlequin Romance #116
Release Month 1951 (US)
Harlequin Romance Series #
Preceded by Manhatten Underworld
Followed by The Executioners

Book Description

The note on the blue paper read...

"The best way to disappear is to die." But the Toff disagreed and in doing so challenged a killer.

The mystery took him to the East End of London, with its narrow streets, blind alleys and dingy courts - familiar to the Toff because they had so often been his happy hunting ground. From there the trail veered to the West End where he found the lovely Clarissa, to whom a new sensation was the only luxury worth while. The chase led him into opposition with the police, and against the advice of his friends, because he was determined that a man should disappear without dying. Finally it led him to "Old Nob's" and high drama, where death awaited him. The Toff laughed in its face...but he was afraid...

Cover Variation (By Release Date)

1951 <br\>US Edition