Clubbed to Death - Couverture rigide

Edwards, Ruth Dudley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0575053461 ISBN 13 : 9780575053465

Editeur : Gollancz, 1999

Synopsis

Robert Amiss, hero of "The School of English Murder", is persuaded by a friend in the CID to take a job in a gentleman's club where a mysterious death has taken place. He finds himself in a caricature of a club, run by and for debauched geriatrics, with skeletons in every cupboard.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards was born and brought up in Dublin, Ireland. Since she graduated she has lived in England, where she has been a teacher, a Cambridge postgraduate student, a marketing executive, a civil servant and, finally, a freelance writer, journalist and broadcaster.An historian and prize-winning biographer, her recent non-fiction includes the authorized history of The Economist, a portrait of the British Foreign Office and a book about the newspaper world of the mid-twentieth century. She uses her knowledge of the British establishment in her satirical crime novels: targets so far include the civil service, gentlemen's clubs, Cambridge colleges, the House of Lords, the Church of England, publishing, literary prizes and - always - political correctness. She has three times been short-listed for awards from the Crime Writers' Association.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Robert Amiss is persuaded by his friend Detective Sergeant Pooley of the CID to take a job as a waiter in ffeatherstonehaugh's (pronounced Fanshaw's), a gentlemen's club in St James', London. The club secretary has allegedly jumped to his death from the gallery of this imposing building. Against most of the evidence, Pooley believes he was murdered. Amiss finds himself in a bizarre caricature of a club, run by and for debauched geriatrics, with skeletons rattling in every cupboard. Why are there so few members? How are they financed? Will Amiss keep his job despite the enmity of the ferocious, snuff - covered Colonel Fagg? More importantly, will he solve the crime before someone else dies?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gollancz
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0575053461
• ISBN 13: 9780575053465
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible