DEATH IS NO SPORTSMAN. By Cyril Hare.
(1938) 1952 new edition. Small 8vo (120 x 197mm). Pp234. Map. Blue boards, spine titled in red.
A 1930s angling murder mystery set on a southern chalkstream, the fictitious River Didder. The author was a County Court judge in Surrey, and drew on his legal expertise to write, under the pen-name "Cyril Hare," a series of detective novels featuring Inspector Mallett. These stories, including Death Is No Sportsman, were very popular and remain in print to the present.
A 1930s angling murder mystery set on a southern chalkstream, the fictitious River Didder. The author was a County Court judge in Surrey, and drew on his legal expertise to write, under the pen-name "Cyril Hare," a series of detective novels featuring Inspector Mallett. These stories, including Death Is No Sportsman, were very popular and remain in print to the present.
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Book Code
62753
| Author | Hare (Cyril). (Cyril Hare was the pen-name of Alfred A. Gordon Clarke). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 62753 |
| ISBN | B00CPO8SHQ. |
| Book Description | Ex-library copy with all usual stamps. A good reading copy in used but complete price-clipped dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1955 |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber. |
| Place | London. |