The New Shoe

On March 1st an engineer began his tour of inspectin of the Split Point Lighthouse. He found the light in perfect operation, and saw nothing to indicate anything unusual . . . nothing, that is, until he discovered the naked body of a man entombed in the thick wall. Who was he? And who had fired the shot that had killed him? Nine weeks later the police were no closer to answering these questions. They had no clues to the identity of either victim or murderer, and the case was beginning to look like the perfect crime . . . perfect for Bony.

The New Shoe was first published in America by the Doubleday Crime Club in 1951. Heinemann printed the first British edition in 1952. The Arkon edition of 1984, printed by Angus and Robertson, is shown above.