Tragedy at Law

Tragedy at Law

by Cyril Hare (Author)

Synopsis

Tragedy at Law follows a rather self-important High Court judge, Mr Justice Barber, as he moves from town to town presiding over cases in the Southern England circuit. When an anonymous letter arrives for Barber, warning of imminent revenge, he dismisses it as the work of a harmless lunatic. But then a second letter appears, followed by a poisoned box of the judge's favourite chocolates, and he begins to fear for his life. Enter barrister and amateur detective Francis Pettigrew, a man who was once in love with Barber's wife and has never quite succeeded in his profession - can he find out who is threatening Barber before it is too late?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 05 Mar 2009

ISBN 10: 0571244874
ISBN 13: 9780571244874
Book Overview: Tragedy at Law by Cyril Hare is a reissue of a classic mystery from one of the best-loved and most influential English Golden Age crime writers.

Author Bio
Cyril Hare was the pseudonym for the distinguished lawyer Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark, born in Surrey in 1900. Hare served in various legal and judicial capacities and his best-known books include Suicide Expected (1939), Tragedy at Law (1942) and An English Murder (1953). He died in 1958.