Another Woman’s Shoes: Based on Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case

Another Woman’s Shoes: Based on Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case
Francis Durbridge

Melvyn Barnes

This novelisation of the radio serial Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case also includes a bonus short story, ‘Paul Temple and the Nightingale’.It was an open-and-shut case: Lucy Staines was murdered by her hot-headed fiancé Harold Weldon. But something about it is troubling ex-Fleet Street crime reporter Mike Baxter – why was one of Lucy’s shoes missing from the crime scene? When an identical murder occurs while Weldon is safely behind bars, the whole case is re-opened – and everything revolves around another woman’s shoes…Another Woman’s Shoes is Francis Durbridge’s rewrite of his radio serial Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case, in which Mike and Linda Baxter take the places of Paul and Steve Temple in pursuing the killer. This new edition is introduced by bibliographer Melvyn Barnes and includes the short story PAUL TEMPLE AND THE NIGHTINGALE.

FRANCIS DURBRIDGE

Another Woman’s Shoes

PLUS

Paul Temple and the Nightingale

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MELVYN BARNES

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First published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton 1965

‘Paul Temple and the Nightingale’ first published by Associated Newspapers in Late Extra: a Miscellany by ‘Evening News’ Writers, Artists & Photographers 1952

Copyright © Francis Durbridge 1965

Introduction © Melvyn Barnes 2018

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Francis Durbridge asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780008276379

Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9780008276386

Version: 2018-06-01

Table of Contents

Cover (#u315efe95-6c44-5c24-9151-9242d26c6336)

Title Page (#uc28d0a5d-4621-51c4-af78-2483d1532197)

Copyright (#uf37fa1bf-64cc-59c0-a9e7-ef50b5b1d6a1)

Introduction (#u72135ecb-ef1d-5e3f-82af-7e30683d3d95)

Chapter One (#u7bb1e131-a67a-5232-b889-0a0feb9e0ac3)

Chapter Two (#u7c1ca57f-d041-59c9-8e3b-183a8e775207)

Chapter Three (#u86dbb457-02aa-5b0f-8a65-d052da5a4fae)

Chapter Four (#u35c7c0ca-f63a-5bee-a3d2-19b5303a6700)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Paul Temple and the Nightingale (#litres_trial_promo)

By the same author (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also in This Series (#litres_trial_promo)