Gently by the shore
Alan Hunter (Author), Ben Feder, Inc (Bookjacket designer), Rinehart & Company, Inc (Publisher)
"The English resort town of Starmouth was set on its ear by the 'Body on the beach murder.' When Chief Inspector Gently, the peppermint-eating C.I.D. man, took over, all the local police had to go on was a naked corpse, with marks of torture and four deep stab wounds -- and absolutely no means of identification. In his perambulations about the beach and honky-tonk piers, Inspector Gently pieces together clues gathered from such odd sources as a professional lady of the evening, two teen-age menaces, and the village idiot. It quickly appears that the mere identity of the victim is just the beginning, and behind the murder is a vicious plot, highly organized, and of international implications." -- From back cover
Print Book, English, 1956
Rinehart & Co., Incorporated, New York, 1956