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Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)
Cornelius Ryan
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Description for Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)
paperback. The true story of the greatest battle of World War II - back in print and now packaged as a Great Read. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 396.
On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of his characterful sitter, bedecked in Cardinal's robes at the other end of the room. In the kitchen, the artist's sister is hosting the charlady of the miser next door. When the brutal murder of said miser is discovered by his Canadian infantryman nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the ... Read more
On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of his characterful sitter, bedecked in Cardinal's robes at the other end of the room. In the kitchen, the artist's sister is hosting the charlady of the miser next door. When the brutal murder of said miser is discovered by his Canadian infantryman nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Britsh Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Weight
403g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712353526
SKU
V9780340933985
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Ref
99-99
About Cornelius Ryan
E. C. R. Lorac was a penname of Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958), who also wrote as Carol Carnac. A Londoner born and bred, she experienced the city during wartime and used her experiences to lend authenticity to her crime writing. Her books include Crossed Skis and Murder by Matchlight, available as British Library Crime Classics.
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