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Title Statement | Death has deep roots / Michael Gilbert ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards. |
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Series | British Library crime classics |
Author | Gilbert, Michael Francis, 1912-2006 |
Publication | Naperville, Illinois: Poisoned Pen Press,[2019]©1951 |
Extent of Item | viii, 278 pages ; |
ISBN | 1492699535 (pbk.) 9781492699538 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3665955 |
General Notes | "A Second World War mystery"--Cover. |
Summary | A London crowd awaits the trial of Victoria Lamartine, suspected for the murder of her former lover. Lamartine - who years ago escaped from the Gestapo - is set to meet her end at the gallows. One final opportunity remains: solicitor Nap Rumbold is called to replace the defence counsel, granting an eight-day reprieve. Without any time to spare, Rumbold crosses the Channel to trace the roots of the crime back into the war-torn past. Expertly combining authentic courtroom drama at the Old Bailey with a perilous quest for evidence across France, Gilbert's novel is an unorthodox marvel of the mystery genre. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Trials (Murder)--Fiction |
Murder--Fiction--Investigation | |
Criminal defense lawyers--Fiction | |
Police--Fiction--England--London | |
By Location | London (England)--Fiction |
France--Fiction | |
By Genre | Mystery fiction |
Historical fiction | |
Legal stories |