The Case With Nine Solutions (A Clinton Driffield Mystery) - Softcover

Connington, J. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471905977 ISBN 13: 9781471905971

Publisher: The Murder Room, 2013

Synopsis

'Mr J. J. Connington is a name revered by all specialists on detective fiction' Spectator

When a locum doctor is called out one foggy night to a case of scarlet fever, he mistakes one house for another and discovers a young man lying in a pool of blood, who manages to choke out a dying message.

This intriguing clue-laden third case for Sir Clinton Driffield has its origin in a dark scheme that reveals as much about the means for murder as its motivation.

About this title

About the Author

Alfred Walter Stewart (1880-1947), who wrote under the pen name J. J. Connington, was born in Glasgow, the youngest of three sons of Reverend Dr Stewart. He graduated from Glasgow University and pursued an academic career as a chemistry professor, working for the Admiralty during the First World War. Known for his ingenious and carefully worked-out puzzles and in-depth character development, he was admired by a host of his better-known contemporaries, including Dorothy L. Sayers and John Dickson Carr, who both paid tribute to his influence on their work. He married Jessie Lily Courts in 1916 and they had one daughter.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Murder Room
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1471905977
• ISBN 13: 9781471905971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308