The Spoilt Kill: A Staffordshire Mystery (British Library Crime Classics) - Couverture souple

Kelly, Mary

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712353364 ISBN 13 : 9780712353366

Editeur : British Library Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

The grey eyes, so apt for tragedy, looked steadily up at me. 'You can't trust me, can you?' she said. Shentall's, a long-established institution of the Staffordshire Potteries industry, is under attack. With its designs leaked to international competition and its prices undercut, private investigator Hedley Nicholson has been tasked with finding the culprit of the suspected sabotage. But, industrial espionage may just be the beginning. Delving further into the churning heart of Shentall's Pottery, Nicholson's prying is soon to unearth rumours of bonds cruelly smashed to pieces, grievances irrevocably baked in stone and a very real body, turning and turning in the liquid clay. First published in 1961, The Spoilt Kill received widespread critical acclaim and praise from contemporary crime writers such as Julian Symons. It was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger and remains a finely crafted masterpiece of the crime genre.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mary Kelly (1927-2017) was an English crime writer best known for the Inspector Brett Nightingale series and her Gold Dagger Award-winning novel The Spoilt Kill. The Christmas Egg, first published in 1958 and republished by the British Library in 2019, is another fine example of her unique and unconventional mystery writing.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: British Library Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712353364
• ISBN 13: 9780712353366
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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