BONUS FREE CRIME NOVEL! PROMOTIONS

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

$22.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

QTY:

English
British Library Publishing
11 July 2022
It is 1942, and struggling up the hill to the new military hospital, Heron's Park, Kent, postman Higgins has no idea that the sender of one of the seven letters of application he is delivering will turn out to be a murderer in a year's time.

When Higgins is brought in following injuries from a bombing raid in 1943, his inexplicable death from asphyxiation at the operating table casts four nurses and three doctors under suspicion, and a second death in quick succession invites the presence of the irascible - yet uncommonly shrewd - Inspector Cockrill to the scene. As the prospect of driving back across Kent amid falling bombs detains the inspector for the night, a tense and claustrophobic investigation begins to determine who committed the foul deeds, and how it was possible to kill with no evidence left behind.
By:  
Introduction by:  
Imprint:   British Library Publishing
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   101
Dimensions:   Height: 190mm,  Width: 130mm, 
ISBN:   9780712354905
ISBN 10:   0712354905
Series:   British Library Crime Classics
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Christianna Brand was the pseudonym of Mary Christianna Milne (1907-1988), a British crime writer who was born in British Malaya. She is best known for her novels featuring series detective Inspector Cockrill, though she also wrote several acclaimed short story collections and a series of non-mystery books for children.

See Also