The Night They Killed Joss Varran by George Bellairs

The Night They Killed Joss Varran by George Bellairs

On the night that Joss Varran was expected home after a visit to Wormwood Scrubs, his body was found in a ditch right opposite the cottage where he lived with his sister in the silent marshes in the north of the Isle of Man. Chief Superintendent Littlejohn, of Scotland Yard, soon becomes involved in the case as a result of Varran's recent imprisonment in a London jail. Joss Varran had been a sailor on a container ship between Ramsey and Preston and somewhere in his voyages had been caught up in events which had made him a hunted man, not so much by the police as by his partners in crime. From all appearances, he had endeavoured to shake them off by getting himself imprisoned His efforts, however, were in vain and his murder presents a confusing case in the Manx curraghs for Inspector Knell, of the Manx police, and his friends Littlejohn and the Venerable Caesar Kinrade, Archdeacon of Man.

George Bellairs was the pseudonym of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a Manchester banker with close connections with the University of Manchester. He was born in Lancashire and married Gwladys Mabel Roberts in 1930. In the late 1950s he moved to the Isle of Man and became a full-time writer. Some of his detective novels are set on the Isle of Man. His series character was featuring Inspector (later Superintendent) Thomas Littlejohn. Many books appear from their titles to have an ecclesiastical theme. He also wrote four books using the pseudonym Hilary Landon. One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simon-pure British detective story, New York Times Mr Bellairs always gives good value The Sunday Times Bellairs works in a comic tradition that extends from Ben Jonson... Each character has a particular trait exaggerated to the point of obsession or caricature. Susan B. MacDougall

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ISBN 13	9781911295617
ISBN 10	1911295616
Titel	The Night They Killed Joss Varran
Autor	George Bellairs
Serie	An Inspector Littlejohn Mystery
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Ipso Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-09-21
Seitenanzahl	192
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