Let X Be the Murderer
Published on 25. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-915530-00-4 (ISBN)
Description
Let X be the Murderer was published in 1947.
It is a bleak November morning when Sergeant Martin, Inspector Charlton's stalwart sidekick, receives an agitated phone call from Sir Victor Wallingham claiming that a ghost attempted to strangle him in the night. When Inspector Charlton follows this up, he is blocked at every turn, but even so, when the following night does actually end with the discovery of a body, he is not expecting it.
"It is confidently predicted that the denouement to this exciting and tautly written tale will cause the reader as great, if not so painful, a surprise..." -Classiccrimefiction.com
It is a bleak November morning when Sergeant Martin, Inspector Charlton's stalwart sidekick, receives an agitated phone call from Sir Victor Wallingham claiming that a ghost attempted to strangle him in the night. When Inspector Charlton follows this up, he is blocked at every turn, but even so, when the following night does actually end with the discovery of a body, he is not expecting it.
"It is confidently predicted that the denouement to this exciting and tautly written tale will cause the reader as great, if not so painful, a surprise..." -Classiccrimefiction.com
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
276 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915530-00-4 (9781915530004)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Clifford Witting is now very collectible and is seen as one of the leading detective storywriters of the pre-war and immediate post war period. Most of his books were set in "Downshire" featuring Inspector Harry Charlton assisted by Peter Bradfield.