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Synopsis
An Inspector Mallett mystery - Daylesford Gardens, South Kensington, is an unlikely address for the discovery of death by strangulation. Even more unusual is that the house does not belong to the deceased financier. In the meantime, the mysterious tenant, Colin James, has disappeared. Inspector Mallett of Scotland Yard is brought in to unravel a complicated trail.
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'In Inspector Mallett, Cyril Hare has given us a detective who will bear watching.' - -- New York Times
: 'The way in which an air of probability is combined both with clear, terse narrative and with a good deal of subtle, urban atmosphere proves the extreme skill of the writer' - -- 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.
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Tenant for Death
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lythway Press, 1973; no additional printings of this edition indicated; 206pp., publisher's catalog at rear. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very mild shelfwear to edges of green cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; prior owner name inscribed on front end page, else interior clean, text very good. Light rubbing/shelfwear to edges of dust jacket; very mild toning to spine panel; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Scarce Lythway title, and free of any ex-lib markings, a rarity for any title by this publisher. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 337829