Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery by Lorac, E. C. R.

Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery

"[An] excellent fair-play mystery...this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED ReviewOn a...
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Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery by Lorac, E. C. R.

Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery

$14.99

Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery

$14.99
Author: E. C. R. Lorac
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"[An] excellent fair-play mystery...this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review

On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout.

As World War II takes its toll around them, a civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of his characterful sitter, bedecked in Cardinal's robes at the other end of the room. In the kitchen, the artist's sister is hosting the charlady of the miser next door.

When the brutal murder of said miser is discovered by his nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the scene, faced with perplexing alibis and with the fate of the young man in his hands. In the search for the culprit, Macdonald and his team of detectives must figure out if one of the members of the studio party is somehow involved in the death, or if some other scurrilous neighbour could be responsible.

The British Library of Crime Classics is pleased to revive this clever, classic mystery for amateur sleuths and fans of British historical fiction.



Author: E. C. R. Lorac
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 02/23/2021
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781464215094


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/14/2020
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2021
Booklist 02/15/2021 pg. 27

About the Author
Lorac, E. C. R.: -

E.C.R. LORAC was a pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958) who was a prolific writer of crime fiction from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a member of the prestigious Detection Club. Her books have been almost entirely neglected since her death, but deserve rediscovery as fine examples of classic British crime fiction in its golden age.

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