Poisoned Pen Press Announces the July 7th Release of Two British Crime Classics

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - July 7, 2015 - PRLog -- Poisoned Pen Press announces the release of Antidote to Venom and The Hog’s Back Mystery from the British Library Crime Classics by Freeman Wills Crofts, both available for sale at independent bookstores all over the country.

Antidote to Venom:

‘Mr Wills Crofts is deservedly a first favourite with all who want a real puzzle’ – Times Literary Supplement

‘He always manages to give us something that really keeps us guessing’ –Daily Mirror

George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care.As Surridge’s debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality – and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals?

This ingenious crime novel, with its unusual ‘inverted’ structure and sympathetic portrait of a man on the edge, is one of the greatest works by this highly respected author. The elaborate means of murder devised by Crofts’s characters is perhaps unsurpassed in English crime fiction for its ostentatious intricacy.

Hog’s Back Mystery:

‘As pretty a piece of work as Inspector French has done … On the level of Mr Crofts’ very best; which is saying something.’ –Daily Telegraph

Dr. James Earle and his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog’s Back, a ridge in the North Downs in the beautiful Surrey countryside. When Dr Earle disappears from his cottage, Inspector French is called in to investigate. At first he suspects a simple domestic intrigue – and begins to uncover a web of romantic entanglements beneath the couple’s peaceful rural life.

The case soon takes a more complex turn. Other people vanish mysteriously, one of Dr Earle’s house guests among them. What is the explanation for the disappearances? If the missing people have been murdered, what can be the motive? This fiendishly complicated puzzle is one that only Inspector French can solve.

Freeman Wills Crofts was a master of the intricately and ingeniously plotted detective novel, and The Hog’s Back Mystery shows him at the height of his powers.

Both of these new editions are introduced by the crime fiction expert Martin Edwards.

Founded in 1997 by Robert Rosenwald (President and Founder), Barbara Peters (Editor-in-Chief), and their daughter Susan Malling, Poisoned Pen Press (http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/) is an independent publisher that delights in bringing you new mysteries each month.  Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Poisoned Pen Press is one of the largest publishers of hardcover mysteries in the world. Our authors and staff of devoted mystery readers are what make us different.

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Antidote to Venom: paperback (ISBN: 9781464203794,$12.95) and eBook editions (ISBN: 9781464203800, $9.99).

The Hog’s Back Mystery: paperback (ISBN: 9781464203817,$12.95) and eBook editions (ISBN: 9781464203824,$9.99).

Information and/or review copy requests should be made to Tiffany M. White, Marketing Coordinator for Poisoned Pen Press at (480) 945-3375 Ext. 11.