{"product_id":"they-cant-hang-me-stories-of-crime-detection-vol-4-paperback","title":"They Can't Hang Me: Stories of Crime \u0026 Detection Vol 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Ronald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Verner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eI shall kill you, one by one, and I'll get away with it. They can't hang me.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStories of Crime \u0026amp; Detection Volume Four\u003c\/em\u003e contains a novel and three short stories: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey Can't Hang Me \u003c\/strong\u003eLucius Marplay has spent the past twenty years in an asylum, having made countless threats against the four men who took over \u003cem\u003eThe Echo\u003c\/em\u003e, the London newspaper that he once owned. A visit from an old friend gives Marplay an opportunity to escape, and soon he begins a scheme of revenge. His daughter Joan, having just discovered that her father is in fact alive, rather than dead as she had always been told, endeavours to track him down to talk sense into him. But as the four newspaper men begin to die one by one, can anyone catch this clever murderer, a man capable of vanishing into thin air? \u003cem\u003eThey Can't Hang Me\u003c\/em\u003e was adapted for the screen as \u003cem\u003eThe Witness Vanishes\u003c\/em\u003e (1939).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Man Who Came Back\u003c\/strong\u003e. An escaped convict has a minor road accident and discovers something unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccident \u003c\/strong\u003eThe unpleasant Marlay's death was an accident, but Daphne and Peter are afraid to call the police for fear they will be implicated. Instead, they concoct a plan....\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOut of the Fog \u003c\/strong\u003eA short story set during Prohibition in the U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJAMES JACK RONALD \u003c\/strong\u003e(1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction, mystery stories and dramatic novels. Raised in Glasgow, Ronald moved to Chicago aged seventeen to 'earn his fortune', later returning to the UK to pursue a writing career. His early works were serializations and short stories syndicated in newspapers and magazines around the world. Ronald wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Michael Crombie, Kirk Wales, Peter Gale, Mark Ellison and Kenneth Streeter among others. Several books were adapted into films, including \u003cem\u003eMurder in the Family \u003c\/em\u003e(1938), \u003cem\u003eThe Witness Vanishes \u003c\/em\u003e(1939), and \u003cem\u003eThe Suspect \u003c\/em\u003e(1944).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52584098595123,"sku":"9781899000722","price":30.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Lu2vvYNwWh9781899000722.webp?v=1761576787","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/they-cant-hang-me-stories-of-crime-detection-vol-4-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}