Suddenly at His Residence: A Mystery in Kent

Suddenly at His Residence: A Mystery in Kent - Paperback

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Suddenly at His Residence: A Mystery in Kent - Paperback

Suddenly at His Residence: A Mystery in Kent - Paperback

by Christianna Brand
$15.99
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Book Overview

While the Blitz bombards London, the boisterous grandchildren of Sir Richard March have descended upon Swanswater Manor in Kent for a family gathering and the finalising of the patriarch's will. Disgruntled by the behaviour and life choices of his heirs, March seems poised to deny all of them their inheritance and heads out to his lodge to make arrangements -- only to be discovered dead the next morning with strychnine in his blood.

With evidence at the crime scene suggesting that nobody could possibly have entered the lodge to murder March, Inspector Cockrill-- the "Terror of Kent"-- has the challenge of finding any plausible solution for this impossible crime before death comes to darken the doors of Swanswater once more.
ISBN9781464216411
Author Christianna Brand
PublisherPoisoned Pen Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages256
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Christianna Brand (1907-1988) was one of the most popular authors of the Golden Age of British mystery writing. Born in Malaya and raised in India, Brand used her experience as a salesgirl as inspiration for her first novel, Death in High Heels (1941), which she based on a fantasy of murdering an irritating coworker. The same year, she debuted her most famous character, Inspector Cockrill, whose adventures she followed until 1957. The film version of the second Cockrill mystery, Green for Danger, is considered one of the best-ever screen adaptations of a classic English mystery. Brand also found success writing children's fiction. Her Nurse Matilda series, about a grotesque nanny who tames ill-behaved children, was adapted for the screen in 2005 as Nanny McPhee. Brand received Edgar Award nominations for the short stories "Twist for Twist" and "Poison in the Cup," as well as a nomination for her nonfiction work Heaven Knows Who.

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