Voice Like Velvet

A sensational wartime crime novel about a BBC announcer who abuses his position to commit crimes against the rich and famous By day Ernest Bisham is a velvet-voiced announcer for the BBC; the whole country recognises the sound of his meticulous pronouncements. By night however Mr Bisham is a cat-burglar careless about his loot but revelling in the danger and excitement of his running contest with Scotland Yard. But as he gets away with more and more daring escapades there will come a time when he goes too far . . . When Donald Hendersons Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper caused something of a sensation his publishers were keen to capitalise on their authors popularity quickly reissuing The Announcer (originally published under his pen-name D. H. Landels) with the more alluring title A Voice Like Velvet . Despite a small edition of just 3 000 copies it was his best reviewed work as suspenseful and offbeat as his earlier success. This Detective Club classic includes an introduction by The Golden Age of Murder s Martin Edwards who explores Hendersons own BBC career and the long established tradition of books about gentlemen crooks. The book also includes a rare Henderson short story the chilling The Alarm Bell.