The Cornish Coast Murder (British Library Crime Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1464206511 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His first two books, The Cornish Coast Murder and The Lake District Murder, were republished as British Library Crime Classics to great acclaim in 2014. . John Bude was the pseudonym of Ernest Elmore (1901–1957), an author of the golden age of crime fiction. Elmore was a co-founder of the Crime Writers’ Asso
Bert C. Mccollum said Likable Mystery!. 'The Cornish Coast Murders' by John Bude is turning out to be a very pleasant read. The detective is a sprightly vicar who lives in a small village on the Cornish coast. He is a huge mystery fan who especially enjoys the stories of Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, and Freeman Willis Crofts. He takes great pride in following the clues, avoiding the red herrings and figuring out "who done it" long before the author unmasks the culprit in the final chapter. When his curmudgeonly neighbor is murdered he is shocked and saddened but also excited at this opportunity to apply his deductive skills to a r. "A completely charming clerical sleuth" according to Patto. The Vicar is a great reader of detective stories – until he's faced with a real murder among his parishioners. At first, Reverend Dodd is almost gleeful at the opportunity to exercise his deductive reasoning. But when two young people he likes become prime suspects, the good vicar is no longer having fun. He's investigating in deadly earnest to protect the young people.The victim is an ill-tempered man who wouldn't let his niece marry and indulged in other unkind and dishonorable behavior. The police inspector is a man of keen intelligence, but he's wont to be lead astray by circumstantial. "Its a food period drama set in my favorite part of the world" according to VH. Its a food period drama set in my favorite part of the world. The writing is OK, but the cover art is exceptional :)
Luckily for Inspector Bigswell, the Reverend Dodd is on hand, and ready to put his keen understanding of the criminal mind to the test.This classic mystery novel of the golden age of British crime fiction is set against the vividly described backdrop of a fishing village on Cornwall’s Atlantic coast. It is now republished for the first time since the 1930s with an introduction by the award-winning crime writer Mar tin Edwards.. ‘Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature – himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them… a mystery.’The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside – but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall acro
Jefferson Farjeon, Agatha Christie, and Freeman Wills-Croft. Sayers, J. Their meeting centers on opening a crate from the local lending library. The vicar, steeped in procedure from his reading, joins forces with the police to solve a crime that hinges on the timing of curtains being pulled, high-heeled footprints, and varieties of gravel, along with the motives of the many who hated the magistrate. That very night the doctor is called out to the neighboring cliff-side home of a wealthy magistrate found with a bullet in his head. The vicar and doctor serving the tiny village of Boscawen in Cornwall are avid detective story fans. The books the vicar has chosen for his friend are an index to popular mystery writers of the time: Dorothy L. (Connie Fletcher Booklist) . This reissue of a work by one of the most popular (but now largely forgotten) writers of the golden age of British crime fiction has