As if by Magic (Jack Haldean Murder Mystery) - Hardcover

Dolores Gordon-Smith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845299361 ISBN 13: 9781845299361

Publisher: Constable, 2009

Synopsis

George Lassiter is destitute, ill and desperate. Desperate enough to break into the kitchen of a stranger’s house for warmth, food and shelter. And there, on that bitterly cold night in 1922, he witnesses a murder, the murder of a beautiful girl. But where’s the body? When the police search the house they find nothing. It’s vanished, as if by magic. It’s nothing but a hallucination born of delirium, say the police. And reluctantly, George is forced to agree. Even his friend and rescuer Jack Haldean believes it’s a nightmare but the consequences of that nightmare will plunge Jack into a tangle of theft, lies and obsession as George hunts for his inheritance - and Jack hunts a ruthless killer. Praise for Dolores Gordon-Smith ‘A classic post-war country house mystery with a Christie-like denoument’ Kirkus reviews ‘Recaptures the vitality and insouciance of the Golden Age writers’ Robert Barnard ‘Gordon-Smith’s clean-cut hero plays a straight bat... to be read while eating strawberries and listening to a brass band’ Saga Magazine ‘A spectacular debut...Jack Haldean is a very welcome addition to the annals of crime fiction... Mrs Gordon-Smith is at the beginning of a distinguished career as a crime writer’ Tangled Web

About this title

Book Description:

A Jack Haldean murder mystery

About the Author:

Dolores Gordon-Smith has worked as a teacher, civil servant, library assistant and stand-up comedienne. She is married with five children and lives in Cheshire. She is currently working on her fourth Jack Haldean murder mystery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Constable
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1845299361
• ISBN 13: 9781845299361
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288