Surfeit of Suspects

George Bellairs, Martin Edwards

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British Library Publishing
10 April 2019

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: British Library Crime Classics

Following a mysterious explosion, the offices of Excelsior Joinery Company are no more; the 3 directors are killed and the peace of a quiet town in Surrey lies in ruins. When the supposed cause of ignited gas leak is dismissed and the presence of dynamite revealed, Superintendent Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is summoned to the scene.

But beneath the sleepy veneer of Evingden lies a hotbed of deep-seated grievances. Confounding Littlejohn’s investigation is an impressive cast of suspicious persons, each concealing their own axe to grind.

Bellairs’ novel of small-town grudges with calamitous consequences revels in the abundant possible solutions to the central crime as a masterpiece of misdirection.

By: George Bellairs
Introduction by: Martin Edwards
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712352383
ISBN 10: 0712352384
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Publication Date: 10 April 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

George Bellairs was the pseudonym of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a prominent banker and philanthropist from Manchester who became the author of a popular series of detective stories featuring Thomas Littlejohn, which were published for nearly forty years.