THE FORTY-FIRST THIEF by Pollitz, Edward A. (also writes as Nick Christian) - 1975

London: Hart Davis MacGibbon, 1975. 342 pp. Dark blue boards lettered in silver on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. It is August in St. Tropez. A young man saunters off the beach into a changing cabin. Minutes later, an American discovers his body, castrated and skewered to the wall. A policeman investigating the murder suspects Arab involvement, but before he can confirm his theories he too is murdered. An Arab expert is called in by French intelligence and puts a shadow onto the American. But the shadow has a shadow.... First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Book.