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A Little Local Murder
by Barnard, Robert
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0440148820
- ISBN 13
- 9780440148821
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dell Publishing Co. Inc, 1987. One previous Dell edition [stated]. First Dell printing thus [stated]. Mass market paperback. Good. 190, [2] pages. Signed by the author on the title page. Robert Barnard (23 November 1936 - 19 September 2013) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer. His first crime novel, A Little Local Murder, was published in 1976. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromsø in Norway. He went on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories. Barnard said that his favorite crime writer was Agatha Christie. In 1980 he published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie. Barnard was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement. Under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable, Robert Barnard published two standalone novels and two alternate history books starring Wolfgang Mozart as a detective, he having survived to old age. The news that Radio Broadwich is to make a documentary on Twytching for broadcast in America spreads through the small village like wildfire. Mrs Deborah Withens, Twytching's resident doyenne and arbiter of good taste, takes it upon herself to control the presentation of her 'county town' and assumes responsibility for picking those that will take part, provoking fierce rivalry amongst the villagers. One resident who is reticent to participate in the fuss is Inspector George Parrish . . . until the murder of the first villager chosen, and a rash of poison pen letters uncovering secrets Twytching's leading citizens had fervently hoped were buried, force him to get involved.In this early classic, Robert Barnard skillfully demonstrates that no one is more cunning in preparing the reader to expect the totally unexpected and his incisive character portrayals in this early gem impart a dimension rarely found in English detective fiction.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75859
- Title
- A Little Local Murder
- Author
- Barnard, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Mass market paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One previous Dell edition [stated]. First Dell printing thus [s
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440148820
- ISBN 13
- 9780440148821
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Twythching, Inspector Parrish, George Parrish, Murder, Documentary, Radio Broadwich, Deborah Withens, Poison Pen Letters
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