Death of an Airman (British Library Crime Classics) - Softcover

Sprigg, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1464204829 ISBN 13: 9781464204821

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, 2015

Synopsis

George Furnace, flight instructor at Baston Aero Club, dies instantly when his plane crashes into the English countryside. People who knew him are baffled - Furnace was a first-rate pilot, and the plane was in perfect condition – and the inquest records a verdict of death by misadventure.

An Australian visitor to the aero club, Edwin Marriott, Bishop of Cootamundra, suspects that the true story is more complicated. Could this be a dramatic suicide – or even murder? Together with Inspector Bray of Scotland Yard, the intrepid bishop must uncover a cunning criminal scheme.

About this title

About the Author:

CHRISTOPHER ST. JOHN SPRIGG (1907-1937) wrote seven detective novels in the 1930s; first editions are now extremely rare and highly collectable. Sprigg was also a Marxist writer and thinker (his political work was published under the name Christopher Caudwell) and he fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War. He was killed in action in Spain several months before his thirtieth birthday.

Review:

"First-rate mystery and an engrossing view into a vanished world." (starred review) (Booklist)

About this edition

• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1464204829
• ISBN 13: 9781464204821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260