Seascape With Dead Figures (Worldwide Library Mystery) - Softcover

Roy Hart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037326268X ISBN 13: 9780373262687

Publisher: Worldwide Library, 1998

Synopsis

Seeking to discover whether a dead man committed suicide or had been murdered, Roper learns about the victim's unsavory reputation, which grew out of the man's love for exploiting the indiscretions of others. Reprint.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

The author of the well-received A Position of Trust here inaugurates a series featuring British detective inspector Roper of the county police in rural England. Roper is called into a murder investigation in a seaside village by young constable Miller, who is investigating the death of wealthy businessman George Winterton. Suspicion falls on the local notables who had attended Winterton's New Year's Eve party the night before. It turns out that the victim had been blackmailing his guests, and none of them, including his son and housekeeper/mistress, is at all sorry that he's dead. The excitement of this puzzle comes not from Hart's prose, which is determinedly subdued, but from the methodical manner in which Roper chips away at the suspects' defensesuntil one of them finally breaks. Roper is a stubborn bulldog of a detective; you can almost feel him shaking this case until it yields its solution. Hart is on to a good thing with his low-key, savvy protagonist.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Worldwide Library
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 037326268X
• ISBN 13: 9780373262687
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256