A Telegram from Le Touquet

John Bude, Martin Edwards

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British Library Publishing
10 March 2024

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: British Library Crime Classics

As he walked away from the phone there was a puzzled expression on Blampignon's massive countenance. He was thinking: Le Touquet again!

With some trepidation Nigel Derry approaches the country house of his enigmatic and unpredictable aunt Gwenny for an Easter holiday visit. After a tense few days in which her guests' interactions range from awkward dinners to a knife fight, a disgruntled aunt Gwenny departs for Europe. Receiving a telegram from Le Touquet inviting him to join Gwenny in the south of France, Nigel finds himself on a vacation cut short by murder as a cold shadow of suspicion eclipses the sunny beauty of the Cote d'Azur.

Enter Inspector Blampignon of the Surete Nationale, whose problems abound as the case suggests that the crime may have occurred hundreds of miles away from where the victim was discovered. Undeterred, the formidable French detective embarks on a thrilling race to discover the truth in this rare and spirited mystery novel, first published in 1956.

By: John Bude
Introduction by: Martin Edwards
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 124
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712355353
ISBN 10: 0712355359
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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' Association, and worked in the theatre as a producer and director. Other John Bude mysteries available as British Library Crime Classics include The Cheltenham Square Murder, Death on the Riviera and The Cornish Coast Murder.