A classic murder mystery from author Robert Barnard.
Robert Barnard (1936-2013) lived in Leeds, was born in Essex and
educated at Balliol. He had a distinguished career as an academic
before he became a full-time writer. His first crime novel, Death
of an Old Goat, was written while he was professor of English at
the University of Tromso in Norway, the world's most northerly
university. He was a writer of great versatility, from the light
and satirical tone of his earlier books to the more psychological
preoccupations of recent ones, such as A Fatal Attachment.
Under the name of Bernard Bastable he also wrote novels featuring
Mozart as a detective, and is the author of many short stories. He
created several detectives, including Perry Trethowan and Charlie
Peace. Robert Barnard said he wrote only to entertain. He regarded
Agatha Christie as his ideal crime writer and published an
appreciation of her work, A Talent to Deceive, as well as books on
Dickens, a history of English literature and nearly thirty
mysteries. Robert Barnard was the winner of the 2003 CWA Cartier
Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime of achievement.
You can count on a Barnard mystery being witty, intelligent and a
joy to read
*Publishers Weekly*
One of our most original and versatile bloodspillers
*The Times*
Delicious . . . an appetising entertainment
*New York Times*
Barnard, an English academic was once the crime writer's crime
writer, appreciated for his craft and imagination...the revival of
his books, some years after his death, is to be applauded
*lovereading.co.uk*
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