Background For Murder
by Shelley Smith
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Pub Date 23 Sep 2016 | Archive Date 30 Sep 2016
Description
'First Rate' - Time and Tide
Dr. Maurice Royd is found slumped over his desk with his skull caved in.
But a lack of hard evidence leaves the local police stumped.
The difficulty is that there were too many suspects, too many people who could have murdered Dr. Royd, too many people who wished him dead.
Any one of that ‘bunch of crazies’ might have yielded to the impulse to do it.
Private investigator Jacob Chaos is given the case of the murder of the head of a psychiatric hospital by Scotland Yard.
Now time is of the essence for Chaos as he tries to get the job done discreetly, hushing up any possibility of a scandal.
But it seems there was quite a lot of funny business concerning the late Dr. Royd. And digging any deeper into it seems to start stirring up trouble too, as Chaos inadvertently kick-starts a killing spree.
Racing against the clock to with a long list of suspects, Jacob Chaos must work to unravel the twisted skeins hiding the truth to catch an audacious murderer...
Background for Murder is a classic whodunit and stark exposé of human horror in the tangled worlds of sanity and insanity.
Praise for Shelley Smith
'Brilliant' - The Observer
'Stylish Thriller' - The Daily Herald
‘…excellent character drawing…a thrilling climax' - The New York Times
‘Beautifully Written' - The Spectator
Nancy Bodington was born in 1912. Under the pen name of Shelley Smith, she wrote 15 crime and detective novels between 1942 and 1978. Smith is best known for The Ballard of the Running Man and its 1963 film adaption starring Laurence Harvey and Lee Remick.
Dr. Maurice Royd is found slumped over his desk with his skull caved in.
But a lack of hard evidence leaves the local police stumped.
The difficulty is that there were too many suspects, too many people who could have murdered Dr. Royd, too many people who wished him dead.
Any one of that ‘bunch of crazies’ might have yielded to the impulse to do it.
Private investigator Jacob Chaos is given the case of the murder of the head of a psychiatric hospital by Scotland Yard.
Now time is of the essence for Chaos as he tries to get the job done discreetly, hushing up any possibility of a scandal.
But it seems there was quite a lot of funny business concerning the late Dr. Royd. And digging any deeper into it seems to start stirring up trouble too, as Chaos inadvertently kick-starts a killing spree.
Racing against the clock to with a long list of suspects, Jacob Chaos must work to unravel the twisted skeins hiding the truth to catch an audacious murderer...
Background for Murder is a classic whodunit and stark exposé of human horror in the tangled worlds of sanity and insanity.
Praise for Shelley Smith
'Brilliant' - The Observer
'Stylish Thriller' - The Daily Herald
‘…excellent character drawing…a thrilling climax' - The New York Times
‘Beautifully Written' - The Spectator
Nancy Bodington was born in 1912. Under the pen name of Shelley Smith, she wrote 15 crime and detective novels between 1942 and 1978. Smith is best known for The Ballard of the Running Man and its 1963 film adaption starring Laurence Harvey and Lee Remick.
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| ISBN | 9781539044826 |
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