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  1. They Can't Hang Me
    1. James Ronald

    They Can't Hang Me

    Stories of Crime & Detection Vol 4

    ‘I shall kill you, one by one, and I’ll get away with it.  They can’t hang me.’   Stories of Crime & Detection Volume Four contains a novel and three short stories: They Can’t Hang Me Lucius Marplay has spent the past twenty years in an asylum, having made countless threats against the four men who took over The Echo, the London newspaper that he once owned.  A visit from an old friend gives Marplay an opportunity to escape, and soon he begins a scheme of revenge.  His daughter Joan, having just discovered that her father is in fact alive, rather than dead as she had always been told, endeavours to track him down to talk sense into him. But as the four newspaper men begin to die one by one, can anyone catch this clever murderer, a man capable of vanishing into thin air?  They Can’t Hang Me was adapted for the screen as The Witness Vanishes (1939). The Man Who Came Back. An escaped convict has a minor road accident and discovers something unexpected. Accident The unpleasant Marlay’s death was an accident, but Daphne and Peter are afraid to call the police for fear they will be implicated. Instead, they concoct a plan…. Out of the Fog A short story set during Prohibition in the U.S.   JAMES JACK RONALD (1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction, mystery stories and dramatic novels. Raised in Glasgow, Ronald moved to Chicago aged seventeen to ‘earn his fortune’, later returning to the UK to pursue a writing career. His early works were serializations and short stories syndicated in newspapers and magazines around the world. Ronald wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Michael Crombie, Kirk Wales, Peter Gale, Mark Ellison and Kenneth Streeter among others. Several books were adapted into films, including Murder in the Family (1938), The Witness Vanishes (1939), and The Suspect (1944).

    € 14,95
  2. Murder in the Family
    1. James Ronald

    Murder in the Family

    Stories of Crime & Detection Vol 2

    James Jack Ronald (1905-1972) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction, mystery stories and dramatic novels. Born and raised in Glasgow, Ronald left school early and moved to Chicago aged 17, later returning to the UK to pursue his writing career.  His early works were serializations and short stories syndicated in newspapers and magazines.  Ronald wrote under a number of pseudonyms, including Michael Crombie, Kirk Wales, Peter Gale, Mark Ellison and Kenneth Streeter among others.  Several books were the adapted into films, including Murder in the Family (1938), The Witness Vanishes (1939), and The Suspect (1944).

    € 14,95
  3. This Way Out
    1. James Ronald

    This Way Out

    Stories of Crime & Detection Vol 3

    Volume III contains This Way Out (1938), Diamonds of Death (1934) and Ruined by Water (1931). This Way Out was made into a film, The Suspect (1944), starring Charles Laughton

    € 14,95
  4. Stories of Crime & Detection Vol I: The Dr. Britling Stories
    1. James Ronald

    Stories of Crime & Detection Vol I: The Dr. Britling Stories

    Containing four stories featuring police surgeon Daniel Britling: The Green Ghost Murder, Too Many Motives, Find the Lady, and Six Were To Die. Also includes James Ronald's first published short story, Blind Man's Bluff.

    € 14,95
  5. The Earl of Mar's Lodging, Stirling
    1. James Ronald

    The Earl of Mar's Lodging, Stirling

    Historical and Architectural
    € 17,95
  6. Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894
    1. James Ronald Leslie MacDonald

    Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894

    € 27,50
  7. Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894
    1. James Ronald Leslie MacDonald

    Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894

    € 38,95
  8. Jefferson Davis
    1. James Ronald Kennedy
    2. Walter Donald Kennedy

    Jefferson Davis

    High Road to Emancipation and Constitutional Government
    € 55,50
  9. Jefferson Davis
    1. Walter Donald Kennedy
    2. James Ronald Kennedy

    Jefferson Davis

    High Road to Emancipation and Constitutional Government
    € 29,95
  10. Landmarks of Old Stirling; c.1
    1. James Ronald

    Landmarks of Old Stirling; c.1

    € 28,95
  11. Landmarks of Old Stirling
    1. James , Ronald

    Landmarks of Old Stirling

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

    € 36,50
  12. Yankee Empire
    1. James Ronald Kennedy
    2. Walter Donald Kennedy

    Yankee Empire

    Aggressive Abroad and Despotic At Home
    € 41,50
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