The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude

The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

An absorbing head-scratcher. --Booklist

In the seeming tranquility of Regency Square in Cheltenham live the diverse inhabitants of its ten houses. One summer's evening, the square's rivalries and allegiances are disrupted by a sudden and unusual death--an arrow to the head, shot through an open window at no. 6.

Unfortunately for the murderer, an invitation to visit had just been sent by the crime writer Aldous Barnet, staying with his sister at no. 8, to his friend Superintendent Meredith. Three days after his arrival, Meredith finds himself investigating the shocking murder two doors down. Six of the square's inhabitants are keen members of the Wellington Archery Club, but if Meredith thought that the case was going to be easy to solve, he was wrong.

The Cheltenham Square Murder is a classic example of how John Bude builds a drama within a very specific location. Here the Regency splendour of Cheltenham provides the perfect setting for a story in which appearances are certainly deceiving.

Bude, John: - John Bude was the pseudonym of Ernest Elmore (1901-1957), an author of the golden age of crime fiction. Elmore was a co-founder of the Crime Writers' Association, and worked in the theatre as a producer and director. His first two books, The Cornish Coast Murder and The Lake District Murder, were republished as British Library Crime Classics to great acclaim in 2014.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781464206696
ISBN 10	1464206694
Title	The Cheltenham Square Murder
Author	John Bude
Series	British Library Crime Classics Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Poisoned Pen Press
Year published	2017-03-07
Number of pages	256
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