Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
Aug 30, 2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN-10
0007468628
ISBN-13
9780007468621
Description
Lord Comstock is a barbarous newspaper tycoon with enemies in high places. His murder in the study of his country houseposes a dilemma for the Home Secretary. In the hours before his death, Lord Comstock’s visitors included the government Chief Whip, an Archbishop, and the Assistant Commissioner for Scotland Yard. Suspicion falls upon them all and threatens the impartiality of any police investigation. Abandoning protocol, the Home Secretary invites four famous detectives to solve the case: Mrs Adela Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Mr Roger Sheringham. All are different, all are plausible, all are on their own – and none of them can ask a policeman…
Genres
Mystery
Science Fiction
Thriller & Suspense
Action & Adventure
Crime