James S. Rand

As we've not had one for a while, I thought I'd pick a random Digit book and see what I could find out about the author. I struck lucky with The Stake, which not only has a fabulous cover by Rainey but an interesting author, too.

James S. Rand was the pen-name of  Bernard George Attenborough, born in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1912, the son of George (a surveyor and architect) and his wife Lilian