Michael Underwood

Broschiertes Buch

A Pinch of Snuff

Beschreibung

A very complex mystery develops in London's clubland and among the legal grandees who frequent the Old Bailey and the Inns of Court. For the Blackstone Club, with its fine collection of snuff boxes, is a legal preserve. And when the entire valuable collection is stolen, one young club servant knows exactly how it was done. But when a vicious murder follows, and suspicion falls upon him, he is unable to extricate himself from his predicament by telling the truth ...

Autor

Michael Underwood (the pseudonym of John Michael Evelyn) was born in Worthing, Sussex and educated at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1939 and served in the British army during World War Two. He returned to work in the Department of Public Prosecutions until his retirement in 1976, and wrote almost 50 crime novels informed by his career in the law. His five series characters include Sergeant Nick Atwell and lawyer Rosa Epton, of whom it was said by the Washington Post that she 'outdoes Perry Mason'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Murder Room
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 275g
• ISBN-13: 9781471904578
• ISBN-10: 1471904571
• Artikelnr.: 58518523