Physical description

224 p. : green cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, has title and author's name in orange and white letters on black background, and image showing profile of man's head, with cigarette drooping from mouth. Front endpaper is a plan of the fictional Pendleholme Military Hospital.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Stamp indicating book was previously in another collection: "Wayne's Music House & Library, 159 Commercial Road, South Yarra"; Book plate pasted inside rear cover: "Property of Home Service Library, Garfield".
Publisher's summary of plot printed on first page of book, and the same summary, cut from original dust jacket, pasted opposite title page.

Summary

When Private Jones finds a body in the grounds of Pendleholme Military Hospital it is thought to be that of an air-raid victim until some enthusiastic medical officers smuggle it into the X-ray department. Inspector Dingle of the local police is called upon to solve the mystery.