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The Steam Pig James McClure

The Steam Pig By James McClure

The Steam Pig by James McClure


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Summary

In this crime story a body of a woman is sent to the police surgeon by mistake. He discovers that she died not from cardiac weakness, but from an almost imperceptible wound made by a bicycle spoke - a method of murder peculiar to certain Bantu gangsters.

The Steam Pig Summary

The Steam Pig by James McClure

In this crime story a body of a woman is sent to the police surgeon by mistake. He discovers that she died not from cardiac weakness, but from an almost imperceptible wound made by a bicycle spoke - a method of murder peculiar to certain Bantu gangsters. James McClure won the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for The Steam Pig and later won the Silver Dagger for one of his other novels. He has also written a number of short stories and two works of non-fiction on policing in Liverpool and San Diego.

Additional information

GOR001268583
9780340489048
0340489049
The Steam Pig by James McClure
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
19890101
224
Winner of CWA Gold Dagger for Fiction 1971
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