MURDER AT LIBERTY HALL

Brock, Alan Clutton

ISBN 10: 1899000224 / ISBN 13: 9781899000227

Published by Moonstone Press, 2021

Seller Inventory # b475534f0d6e83ab16a2e3e335b91b4b

Synopsis:

"You can't expect a murderer to be able to have everything his own way." An expert on twins, James Hardwicke is invited to progressive co-educational Scrope House School to investigate a case of apparent pyromania among the student body. Although inclined to ignore this odd invitation, he is persuaded to accept by his friend Caroline, who wants a job at the school. It is May 1939, German refugees are streaming into England to escape the horrors of the Hitler regime, and the headmaster is worried about the ramifications of a refugee child being the culprit. Soon enough, James' rather desultory investigation encompasses murder too, when sherry is poisoned at a faculty party. James must decide if there is a link between the fires and the murder, and whether the victim - the wife of the English teacher - was the intended victim or an accidental one.

About the Author: Alan Clutton-Brock (1904 - 1976) was an English artist, art critic and essayist. His only detective novel, Murder at Liberty Hall, was published in 1941. He was was art critic of The Times (1945-55), a trustee of the National Gallery, Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge (1955-58), and wrote several books on art criticism. Alan and his second wife Barbara were the last private owners of Jacobean Chastleton Hall in Oxfordshire, now a National Trust property, where many of his paintings are displayed.

Bibliographic Details

Title: MURDER AT LIBERTY HALL
Publisher: Moonstone Press
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: new