The Methods of Sergeant Cluff

North, Gil

ISBN 10: 0712356479 / ISBN 13: 9780712356473

Published by British Library,, 2016

About this Item

Paperback. 169pp. Crime fiction. Introduction by Martin Edwards. The second book featuring Sergeant Cluff, set in Gunnarshaw, a fictional version of SKipton, Yorkshire, the town where Gil North was both born and died. The series was filmed by the BBC in the 1960s as Cluff, staring Leslie Sands. New, unread copy. New.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Methods of Sergeant Cluff
• Publisher: British Library,
• Publication Date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0712356479
• ISBN 13: 9780712356473
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

It is a wet and windy night in the town of Gunnarshaw, on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. The body of young Jane Trundle, assistant in the chemist’s shop, is discovered lying face down on the cobblestones. Sergeant Caleb Cluff is not a man of many words, and neither does he play by the rules. He may exasperate his superiors, but he has the loyal support of his constable and he is the only CID man in the division. The case is his. Life in Gunnarshaw is tough, with its people caught up in a rigid network of social conventions. But as Cluff’s investigation deepens, Gunnarshaw’s veneer of hard-working respectability starts to crumble. Sparse, tense, and moodily evoking the unforgiving landscape, this classic crime novel keeps the reader guessing to the end.

About the Author

GIL NORTH was the pseudonym of Geoffrey Horne (1916-1988), a writer from Skipton who worked as a civil servant in colonial Africa for many years, before returning to his native Yorkshire. The best-known of his novels are the eleven detective stories featuring Sergeant Cluff.