Cyril Heir (real name is Alfred Clark) was educated in Oxford and worked for many years in the British Justice System. For the end of his days, he treated the writing as a hobby – however, it was the books that brought him glory, were published in almost all countries of the world and entered the gold fund of the British detective.
One of the most unusual novels by the author of the legendary “purely English murder.” World War II. Francis Pettigrew is called to serve in the coastal village of Marsette Bay, where one of the many London offices is evacuated. In order to somehow brighten up a dull existence, employees begin to write a script for the perfect murder. But soon the game turns into a nightmare – a quiet and slightly eccentric Miss Denville is found killed. Almost everyone had the opportunity to commit a crime, but no one had motives, but the killer left the traces …
At a dead end is not only a provincial police, but also an experienced inspector Scotland Yard, urgently calling …
Author
Hyir Siril
Translator
Doronina Irina Yakovlevna
Publisher
Astrel, 2012
Series
English detective: Best
Genre
Classical foreign prose
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