{"product_id":"9780008242022_back-room-girl","title":"Back Room Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eNever published in paperback, and back in print for the first time since 1950, \u003cem\u003eBack Room Girl\u003c\/em\u003e was the first original novel by Francis Durbridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetiring to No Man’s Cove in Cornwall to write his memoirs, crime reporter Roy Benton discovers that a disused tin mine has become a research station for a secret weapons project. Karen Silvers, in charge of operations, reluctantly accepts that Benton’s experience could help her fight a sinister organisation intent on stealing their plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving adapted five of his Paul Temple radio serials into successful novelisations, in 1950 Francis Durbridge decided to try his hand at writing his first original novel. \u003cem\u003eBack Room Girl\u003c\/em\u003e bore all the hallmarks of the famous Paul Temple stories, an outlandish mixture of mystery, glamour and suspense, in a book that was never reprinted and so became an enigma to his many fans – until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes an introduction by bibliographer Melvyn Barnes\u003cbr\u003eplus two rare short stories written for Christmas annuals:\u003cbr\u003eLIGHT-FINGERS and A PRESENT FROM PAUL TEMPLE.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Francis Durbridge, Introduction by Melvyn Barnes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285308326037,"sku":"9780008242022","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008242022.jpg?v=1776992347","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008242022_back-room-girl","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}