Discover the captivating treasures buried in the British Library's
archives. Largely inaccessible to the public until now, these enduring
classics were written in the golden age of detective fiction.
...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one
you've got to study the other.
The Garths had farmed their fertile acres for generations, and fine land
it was with the towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon.
Here hot-tempered Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two,
ruled Garthmere Hall with a rod of iron. Until, that is, old Garth was
found dead--'dead as mutton'--in the trampled mud of the ancient
outhouse.
Glowering clouds gather over the dramatic dales and fells as seasoned
investigator Chief Inspector Macdonald arrives in the north country.
Awaiting him are the reticent Garths and their guarded neighbors of the
Lune Valley; and a battle of wits to unearth their murderous secrets.
E.C.R Lorac was a prolific writer who penned over forty bestselling
mystery books over the course of her career. First published in 1944,
Fell Murder is a tightly-paced mystery with authentic depictions of
its breathtaking locales and Second World War setting. Rife with detail
and suspenseful historical crime, this novel earns its place among the
classic British mysteries.
This edition also includes the rare E.C.R. Lorac short story 'The Live
Wire'.
Other books in the British Library Crime Classics:
Death in Fancy Dress
The Body in the Dumb River
It Walks by Night
Measure of Malice
Surfeit of Suspects
Death Has Deep Roots
The Notting Hill Mystery
