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Call Back to Crime
(1972)(The sixth book in the C.I.D. Room series)
A novel by Peter Alding (Roderic Jeffries)
As the detective chief inspector was very quick to point out, the two cases were obviously quite straightforward...
The fire that had killed Mrs Selby must have been accidental, and the beating-up of an old lag had occurred during some perfectly ordinary strong-arm tactics.
But Detective Inspector Fusil of Fortrow C.I.D. refused to accept the obvious, and he and Detective Constable Kerr stubbornly sought proof that Mrs Selby had been murdered and that the beating-up was in some way connected with a one-time villain who was, they claimed, being blackmailed back into a life of crime...
'Jeffries' fresh twists and excellent characterizations make any novel by him an exciting reading experience.' - San Francisco Chronicle
'... a stubbornly appealing, believable hero and a neat ironic twist at the close.' - Kirkus Reviews
'A first-rate whodunit turning on the resourcefulness of a country gentleman who exploits the process of the law to delay its action. Author on the top of his legal and social form.' - Francis Goff, Sunday Telegraph
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926. In 1943 he went to sea with the New Zealand Shipping Company and returned to England in 1949 where he practiced law before starting to write full time. His books have been adapted for film, television, and radio.
Genre: Mystery
The fire that had killed Mrs Selby must have been accidental, and the beating-up of an old lag had occurred during some perfectly ordinary strong-arm tactics.
But Detective Inspector Fusil of Fortrow C.I.D. refused to accept the obvious, and he and Detective Constable Kerr stubbornly sought proof that Mrs Selby had been murdered and that the beating-up was in some way connected with a one-time villain who was, they claimed, being blackmailed back into a life of crime...
Praise for Roderic Jeffries
'Jeffries' fresh twists and excellent characterizations make any novel by him an exciting reading experience.' - San Francisco Chronicle
'... a stubbornly appealing, believable hero and a neat ironic twist at the close.' - Kirkus Reviews
'A first-rate whodunit turning on the resourcefulness of a country gentleman who exploits the process of the law to delay its action. Author on the top of his legal and social form.' - Francis Goff, Sunday Telegraph
Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926. In 1943 he went to sea with the New Zealand Shipping Company and returned to England in 1949 where he practiced law before starting to write full time. His books have been adapted for film, television, and radio.
Genre: Mystery
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