 First edition | |
| Author | Edward Grierson |
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| Cover artist | Ionicus |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus |
Publication date | 1967 |
| Media type | |
A Crime of One's Own is a 1967 crime novel by the British writer Edward Grierson. [1]
The owner of a bookshop in provincial England with a fertile imagination. He becomes convinced that one of his customers is operating as part of an enemy spy ring. He follows her home, but when she is founded murdered with a paper knife from his office, he is arrested and put on trial for the crime. [2]
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