The Spoilt Kill : A Staffordshire Mystery Paperback / softback
by Mary Kelly
Part of the British Library Crime Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
Staffordshire in the 1950s. Within the clay tanks at the pottery company Shentall's, a body has been found.
Amid cries of industrial espionage and sabotage of this leader of the pottery industry, there is a case of bitter murder to solve for Inspector Hedley Nicholson. Kelly's mystery won the CWA Gold Dagger Award in 1961 for its impeccable sense of place and detail, and for the emotional weight of its central crime.
The novel is part of a shift from the cosiness of crime novels before to mysteries characterised by their psychological interest and affecting realism.
An influential classic.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:British Library Publishing
- Publication Date:10/05/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780712353366
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:British Library Publishing
- Publication Date:10/05/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780712353366
