The Mysterious Mr. Badman

A Yorkshire Bibliomystery

W. F. Harvey, Martin Edwards

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British Library
10 November 2022

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: British Library Crime Classics

Taking a break from his holiday visiting his nephew, Jim, Athelstan Digby agrees to look after the old bookshop of Keldstone so that his hosts, the Lavenders, can attend their cousin's funeral. On the first day of his tenure, threesuspicious characters enquire after a copy of The Life and Times of Mr Badman by John Bunyan. When a copy mysteriously arrives in a bundle of books brought in by a young scamp, and is subsequently stolen, Digby moves to investigate the significance of the book with his nephew, and the two are soon embroiled in a case in which the stakes have risen from antiquarian book-pinching to ruthless murder.

First published in a limited run in 1934, this exceedingly rare bibliomystery is long overdue its return.

By: W. F. Harvey
Introduction by: Martin Edwards
Imprint: British Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 108
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712354370
ISBN 10: 0712354379
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Fryer Harvey (1887-1937) was a writer best known today for his supernatural short stories, including 'August Heat' and 'The Beast with Five Fingers'. After studying at Oxford and Leeds, Harvey served in medical units during the First World War and received injuries during a rescue from a boiler room whilst assigned to the Royal Navy from which he never fully recovered. He lived for many years in Switzerland after the war before returning to Letchworth where he died aged 57.