&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Payroll_(novel).jpg) 1961 paperback edition | |
| Author | Derek Bickerton |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher | Eyre & Spottiswoode |
Publication date | 1959 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 190 |
Payroll is a 1959 crime thriller novel by the British writer Derek Bickerton. Written while he was working in Barbados, it was the first of four novels he produced.[1] The plot revolves around a gang of criminals who pull off a heist on the payroll of a Birmingham factory due to inside information from an accountant working there. The gang soon begin to fall out with each other, pursued by the avenging wife of one of the payroll guards who was killed in the robbery.
- ^ Byrne & Huebner p.2