Death Has Deep Roots: A Second World War Mystery (British Library Crime Classics) - Tapa blanda

Libro 90 de 107: British Library Crime Classics

Gilbert, Michael

 
9781492699538: Death Has Deep Roots: A Second World War Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)

Sinopsis

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

An eager London crowd awaits the trial of Victoria Lamartine, hotel worker, ex-French Resistance fighter, and the only logical suspect for the murder of her supposed lover, Major Eric Thoseby. Lamartine—who once escaped from the clutches of the Gestapo—is set to meet her end at the gallows.

One final opportunity remains: the defendant calls on solicitor Nap Rumbold to replace the defence counsel,and grants an eight-day reprieve from the proceedings. Without any time to spare, Rumbold boards a ferry across the Channel, tracing the roots of the brutal murder back into the war-torn past.

Expertly combining authentic courtroom drama at the Old Bailey with a perilous quest for evidence across France, Death Has Deep Roots is an unorthodox marvel of the mystery genre.

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Michael Gilbert (1912-2006) was a founding member of the Crime Writers' Association. He wrote thrillers, police procedurals and espionage novels that rank among the highest and most varied achievements of British crime writing in the second half of the twentieth century.

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9780712352284: Death Has Deep Roots: A Second World War Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)

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ISBN 10:  0712352287 ISBN 13:  9780712352284
Editorial: WordUnited, 2019
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