Bellairs, George Death of a Shadow (1964)

The following text is from the first edition published by John Gifford Ltd in 1964

During a police conference in Geneva, Alec Cling, a detective assigned to the personal safety of Sir Ensor Cobb, British Minister of Security, is murdered and his body found in a car parked in a rose garden. The car happens to be hired by Superintendent Littlejohn, of Scotland Yard. Cling was a lone wolf when off duty. Saturnine and silent, he seemed to hate everyone and everything, except children, old people and dogs. It was obvious that the roots of the case extended to London as well as in Switzerland; Littlejohn was assigned to the London end. The trail led through a seedy hotel in Geneva to a mental clinic in the hills and thence to London Airport, where there was quite a commotion before Littlejohn finally cleared up the investigation.

Bengt Eriksson.