With a Bare Bodkin - Softcover

Hare, Cyril

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060921390 ISBN 13: 9780060921392

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1991

Synopsis

A Francis Pettigrew mystery - It is the Second World War and the Blitz has forced the evacuation of various Government offices from London. Francis Pettigrew accompanies his ministry to the distant seaside resort of Marsett Bay where the civil servants must make the best of their temporary home. A lighthearted game of 'plan the perfect murder' starts and Pettigrew remains detached from the silliness - until a real murder happens.

About this title

Review:

'One of the best detective stories published for a long time.' - -- The Spectator

About the Author:

Cyril Hare was the pseudonym for the distinguished lawyer Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark. He was born in Surrey, in 1900, and was educated at Rugby and Oxford. A member of the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1924 and joined the chambers of Roland Oliver, who handled many of the great crime cases of the 1920s. He practised as a barrister until the Second World War, after which he served in various legal and judicial capacities including a time as a county court judge in Surrey.

Hare's crime novels, many of which draw on his legal experience, have been praised by Elizabeth Bowen and P.D. James among others. He died in 1958 - at the peak of his career as a judge, and at the height of his powers as a master of the whodunit.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0060921390
• ISBN 13: 9780060921392
• Binding: Paperback