King's Ransom

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Pty Ltd, Ringwood Victoria, Australia

First published in the USA by Simon & Schuster 1960 Published in Great Britain by T.V. Boardman 1962 Published in Penguin Books 1965

Copyright © Ed McBain, 1959

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt Barnard & Co. Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks

Set in Times Monotype

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