Dead to the World

This novelisation of the radio serial Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery also includes a Paul Temple short story, The Ventriloquists Doll. Photographer and amateur detective Philip Holt is asked to investigate the unexplained murder of an American student at an English university. With a postcard signed Christopher and the boys fathers missing signet ring as his only leads, Holts investigation soon snowballs into forgery, blackmail, smuggling and more murder. Dead to the World is Francis Durbridges novelisation of his radio serial Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery, rewriting the Paul and Steve Temple characters as Philip Holt and his secretary Ruth Sanders. This new edition is introduced by bibliographer Melvyn Barnes and includes the Paul Temple Christmas story THE VENTRILOQUISTS DOLL.