Book log: 82) Victor Canning -- The Whip Hand

[julesjones]

1965 thriller, the first of four featuring private eye Rex Carver. Carver accepts what is presented as a straightforward job of tracing a young woman, and ends up chasing around Europe in a murky plot where he's working for at least three different masters who may or may not be on different sides, and include at least one official intelligence organisation. Definitely a product of its time, in more ways than one, but good fun and well worth a read.

LibraryThing entry

Comments

[seawasp]

My god, I thought I was the only person who remembered these.

Laila Canning's last name was taken from Victor's.

[julesjones]

It's been recently re-printed in the UK by Arcturus Publishing: http://www.arcturuspublishing.com/
You might like other titles in their Classic Crimes reprint series.

I picked it up at random in the remainder bookshop chain The Works because it looked interesting, but will keep an eye out for more of Channing's titles. My copy is going to Oxfam today because I have Too Many Books, and simply can't keep them all, but I'd be happy to buy it again in ebook format.

A bit more detail at Amazon UK: The Whip Hand (Arcturus Crime Classics)