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 MirrorGeorge 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 bythis highly respected author. The elaborate means of murder devised by Crofts;s characters is perhaps unsurpassed in English crime fiction for its ostentatious intricacy.This new edition is the first in several decades and includes...