Corridors of Death

English crime at its most understated...Despite a corunucopia of corpses, the author's cool appraisal of the subtleties of the civil service mind is delightful. The juxtaposition of a superintendent used to a different type of criminal mind and that of a civil servant, whose sense of the ridiculous helps the elegant untangling of apparently intractable clues, is the key to the book's success. --Lisanne Radice, The London Times Cleverly constructed and lightly written, this novel shows that, in the age of postmodernism and metaphysical detection, the unembellished story can still hold its own. --Patricia Craig, Books and Bookmen Edwards's brilliant mix of farce and mystery...The author delivers a jolt with each development in the case and the final one is a thunderclap. --Publishers Weekly A witty and elegant tale of wrongdoing in Whitehall, where our rulers stab each other in the back, both literally and metaphorically...a splendid murder story. --Keith Jeffery, Times Literary Supplement A rather offbeat novel about murders in the higher echelons of the British civil service...The plotting and writing are good, and - just as important - the unflattering look at the workings of the British bureaucracy is convincing. --New York Times - in 'Notable Books of the Year' 1982 As funny as Yes Minister, if rather more savage. --Tribune An honest, witty, sometimes jaundiced and occasionally malicious view of that great British institution, the civil service. --The Economist A pleasantly talky, old-fashioned whodunit - with informative satire of politician-vs-civil-servant tangles in Whitehall bureaucracy. --Kirkus Reviews English crime at its most understated Despite a corunucopia of corpses, the author s cool appraisal of the subtleties of the civil service mind is delightful.The juxtaposition of a superintendent used to a different type of criminal mind and that of a civil servant, whose sense of the ridiculous helps the elegant untangling of apparently intractable clues, is the key to the book s success. --Lisanne Radice, The London Times Cleverly constructed and lightly written, this novel shows that, in the age of postmodernism and metaphysical detection, the unembellished story can still hold its own. --Patricia Craig, Books and Bookmen Edwards s brilliant mix of farce and mystery The author delivers a jolt with each development in the case and the final one is a thunderclap. -- Publishers Weekly A witty and elegant tale of wrongdoing in Whitehall, where our rulers stab each other in the back, both literally and metaphorically a splendid murder story. --Keith Jeffery, Times Literary Supplement A rather offbeat novel about murders in the higher echelons of the British civil service The plotting and writing are good, and just as important the unflattering look at the workings of the British bureaucracy is convincing. -- New York Times in Notable Books of the Year 1982 As funny as Yes Minister, if rather more savage. -- Tribune An honest, witty, sometimes jaundiced and occasionally malicious view of that great British institution, the civil service. -- The Economist A pleasantly talky, old-fashioned whodunit with informative satire of politician-vs-civil-servant tangles in Whitehall bureaucracy. -- Kirk us Reviews English crime at its most understated...Despite a corunucopia of corpses, the author's cool appraisal of the subtleties of the civil service mind is delightful. The juxtaposition of a superintendent used to a different type of criminal mind and that of a civil servant, whose sense of the ridiculous helps the elegant untangling of apparently intractable clues, is the key to the book's success. --Lisanne Radice, The London Times Cleverly constructed and lightly written, this novel shows that, in the age of postmodernism and metaphysical detection, the unembellished story can still hold its own. --Patricia Craig, Books and Bookmen Edwards's brilliant mix of farce and mystery...The author delivers a jolt with each development in the case and the final one is a thunderclap. -- Publishers Weekly A witty and elegant tale of wrongdoing in Whitehall, where our rulers stab each other in the back, both literally and metaphorically...a splendid murder story. --Keith Jeffery, Times Literary Supplement A rather offbeat novel about murders in the higher echelons of the British civil service...The plotting and writing are good, and - just as important - the unflattering look at the workings of the British bureaucracy is convincing. -- New York Times - in 'Notable Books of the Year' 1982 As funny as Yes Minister, if rather more savage. -- Tribune An honest, witty, sometimes jaundiced and occasionally malicious view of that great British institution, the civil service. -- The Economist A pleasantly talky, old-fashioned whodunit - with informative satire of politician-vs-civil-servant tangles in Whitehall bureaucracy. -- Kirk us Reviews English crime at its most understated...Despite a corunucopia of corpses, the author's cool appraisal of the subtleties of the civil service mind is delightful. The juxtaposition of a superintendent used to a different type of criminal mind and that of a civil servant, whose sense of the ridiculous helps the elegant untangling of apparently intractable clues, is the key to the book's success. --Lisanne Radice, The London Times Cleverly constructed and lightly written, this novel shows that, in the age of postmodernism and metaphysical detection, the unembellished story can still hold its own. --Patricia Craig, Books and Bookmen Edwards's brilliant mix of farce and mystery...The author delivers a jolt with each development in the case and the final one is a thunderclap. -- Publishers Weekly A witty and elegant tale of wrongdoing in Whitehall, where our rulers stab