by Forester, C.S. | Fiction & related items Published 05/10/2023 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Penguin Modern Classics - Crime & Espionage series Paperback | 192 pages129 x 198 x 14mm | 148gDiscover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage seriesThere is nothing more dangerous than a desperate manBank clerk William Marble is facing financial ruin - until a visit from a wealthy young relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him an unexpected solution. But there is no such thing as the perfect murder. Gradually Marble becomes poisoned by guilt and fear, and his entire family corrupted. Sooner or later his deed will catch up with him, as events spiral out of control in the most unpredictable of ways...
