The School of English Murder - Softcover

Edwards, Ruth Dudley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0575051760 ISBN 13: 9780575051768

Publisher: Gollancz, 1992

Synopsis

Robert Amiss, hero of "Corridors of Death" and "The Saint Valentine's Day Murders", reluctantly agrees to help the police who suspect - but cannot prove - that there are nasty goings-on at the Knightsbridge School of English.

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About the Author

Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards was born and brought up in Dublin, Ireland. Since she graduated she has lived in England, where she has been a teacher, a Cambridge postgraduate student, a marketing executive, a civil servant and, finally, a freelance writer, journalist and broadcaster.An historian and prize-winning biographer, her recent non-fiction includes the authorized history of The Economist, a portrait of the British Foreign Office and a book about the newspaper world of the mid-twentieth century. She uses her knowledge of the British establishment in her satirical crime novels: targets so far include the civil service, gentlemen's clubs, Cambridge colleges, the House of Lords, the Church of England, publishing, literary prizes and - always - political correctness. She has three times been short-listed for awards from the Crime Writers' Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gollancz
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0575051760
• ISBN 13: 9780575051768
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224