An English Murder

Informationen zum Autor Cyril Hare was the pseudonym for the distinguished lawyer Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark. He was born in Surrey, in 1900, and was educated at Rugby and Oxford. A member of the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1924 and joined the chambers of Roland Oliver, who handled many of the great crime cases of the 1920s. He practised as a barrister until the Second World War, after which he served in various legal and judicial capacities including a time as a county court judge in Surrey. Hare's crime novels, many of which draw on his legal experience, have been praised by Elizabeth Bowen and P.D. James among others. He died in 1958 - at the peak of his career as a judge, and at the height of his powers as a master of the whodunit. Klappentext First published in 1951 this is a Golden Age classic set on Christmas Eve. A group is trapped in Warbeck Hall when the bells chime midnight a murder takes place. Who's responsible and will any of them survive to tell the tale? First published in 1951, a Christmas Eve-set Golden Age classic... Zusammenfassung The snow is thick, the phone line is down, and no one is getting in or out of Warbeck Hall. With friends and family gathered round the fire, all should be set for a perfect Christmas, but as the bells chime midnight, a mysterious murder takes place. And perhaps the real question is: can any of them survive long enough to tell the tale?

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First published in 1951, a Christmas Eve-set Golden Age classic...

Autorentext

Cyril Hare was the pseudonym for the distinguished lawyer Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark. He was born in Surrey, in 1900, and was educated at Rugby and Oxford. A member of the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1924 and joined the chambers of Roland Oliver, who handled many of the great crime cases of the 1920s. He practised as a barrister until the Second World War, after which he served in various legal and judicial capacities including a time as a county court judge in Surrey.

Hare's crime novels, many of which draw on his legal experience, have been praised by Elizabeth Bowen and P.D. James among others. He died in 1958 - at the peak of his career as a judge, and at the height of his powers as a master of the whodunit.

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The perfect winter pleasure read, or Christmas gift As one of the "Golden Age" crime writers, Cyril Hare had many high profile fans, including P.D. JamesPerfect for fans of cozy crime - Agatha Christie, PD James and the board game Clue

Zusammenfassung
Curl up by the fire with this Christmas Eve-set Golden Age classic festive whodunnit. Some things have happened in this house that are not to be cured by pots of tea .