The Spoilt Kill (Virago modern crime classics)

The Spoilt Kill (Virago modern crime classics)

by Mary Kelly (Author)

Synopsis

One wet Monday afternoon a body is found in a closed tank of liquid clay at Shentall's long-established pottery. Present at the irruption of this alien violence is Nicholson, a freelance detective engaged by Luke Shentall to investigate the leakage of new designs to foreign imitators. Nicholson reviews what has passed, from his arrival to the gathering tension of the hours before the crime, knowing that no scrap of behaviour may be dismissed as irrelevant. He gradually succumbs to the spirit of Shentall's, to the unique atmosphere of the blackened Midlands city, and to his feeling for the chief suspect, Corinna Wakefield, the firm's designer. In the investigation which follows Nicholson is driven, with a bitterly divided mind, to reveal what he knows will bring unhappiness to all involved.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Published: 14 Jan 1999

ISBN 10: 186049420X
ISBN 13: 9781860494208

Media Reviews
Here is a proper detective story in the best tradition, and is thoroughly to be recommended * TLS *
Mary Kelly is hailed as the new Dorothy Sayer s' EVENING NEWS
Author Bio
Mary Kelly has a short but select number of books to her name. She is a member of the prestigious Detection Club.