Antidote to venom / Freeman Wills Crofts ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards.

First US trade paperback edition.

Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2015.

278 pages ; 21 cm.

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.

English

June 06, 2017