{"product_id":"9780008242039_back-room-girl-by-the-author-of-paul-temple","title":"Back Room Girl: By The Author Of Paul Temple","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\u003cbr\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","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895179366549,"sku":"9780008242039","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008242039_2f3ceedc-209e-4cd8-a782-ac8116733484.jpg?v=1776888500","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008242039_back-room-girl-by-the-author-of-paul-temple","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}