The Two Tickets Puzzle (A Clinton Driffield Mystery) - Softcover

Connington, J. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471906299 ISBN 13: 9781471906299

Publisher: The Murder Room, 2013

Synopsis

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

When Oswald F. Preston is shot dead on the 10.35 local train from Horston, two obvious suspects are immediately in the frame: his wife's lover and an employer with a grudge. With red herrings a-plenty, and a number of other contenders for murderer, including a young heiress, Superintendant Ross has his work cut out for him.

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: 1471906299
• ISBN 13: 9781471906299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292