The Cornish Coast Murder (British Library Crime Classics) by John Bude

The Cornish Coast Murder (British Library Crime Classics) by John Bude

'Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature - himself in one armchair, a police officer in another, and between them a mystery.'

The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside - but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish. The vicar's peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, a secretive and ill-tempered magistrate, is found at his house in Boscawen with a bullet through his head.

The local police inspector is baffled by the complete absence of clues. Luckily for Inspector Bigswell, the Reverend Dodd is on hand, and ready to put his keen understanding of the criminal mind to the test.

This classic mystery novel of the golden age of British crime fiction is set against the vividly described backdrop of a fishing village on Cornwall's Atlantic coast. It is now republished for the first time since the 1930s with an introduction by award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards.

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.

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ISBN 13	9781464206511
ISBN 10	1464206511
Title	The Cornish Coast Murder (British Library Crime Classics)
Author	John Bude
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Poisoned Pen Press
Year published	2016-10-04
Number of pages	260
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.