The Belting Inheritance (British Library Crime Classics)

Symons, Julian

ISBN 10: 146421087X / ISBN 13: 9781464210877

Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Belting Inheritance (British Library Crime Classics)
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 146421087X
• ISBN 13: 9781464210877
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

'Cleverly told ... brilliant character work and plotting up to the usual Symons standard.' ―Observer

'An intriguing puzzle centered on identity...' ―Publishers Weekly

Lady Wainwright presides over the gothic gloom at Belting, in mourning for her two sons lost in the Second World War. Long afterwards a stranger arrives at Belting, claiming to be the missing David Wainwright―who was not killed after all, but held captive for years in a Russian prison camp. With Lady Wainwright's health fading, her inheritance is at stake, and the family is torn apart by doubts over its mysterious long-lost son. Belting is shadowed by suspicion and intrigue―and then the first body is found.

This atmospheric novel of family secrets, first published in 1964, is by a winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger.

About the Author

JULIAN SYMONS (1912-1994) was a notable writer of British crime fiction from the 1950s until his death, publishing more than thirty novels. He served as President of the prestigious Detection Club, won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and is well known as the author of Bloody Murder, a classic history of crime fiction.