Michael Gilbert is the acknowledged doyen of British crime writing, whose work is virtually unknown to Russian readers. This edition aims to fill one of the blank spots on the colourful map of 20th-century English detective fiction.
They Never Looked Inside is a typical police novel in which the reader encounters the criminals on the very first pages, whereas in the traditional detective story the criminal is revealed only at the end. In this work by English crime master Michael Gilbert, the plot consists of two parallel strands: the criminals commit their crimes while the police attempt to catch them.