The Man Who Didn’t Fly

The British Library presents another captivating example of classic crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder.

Four men were due to fly to Dublin from England. But, when disaster struck and the plane went down over the Irish sea, only three of them were on board. With the identities of the flyers scattered to the winds, the police turn to the Wade family, whose patchy account and memory of their past few days hold the key to this elusive and tense mystery. Who was the man who didn’t fly? And what did he have to gain by staying on the ground?

Proof in one classic crime novel that Margot Bennett’s tight and suspenseful writing is long overdue rediscovery. This British Library edition also includes the rare short story No Bath for the Browns.