A Murder of Quality (Paperback)

from irkthepurist

surprisingly good crime novel this. i've never read any le carre before, and if this is any indication i'm really going to enjoy getting through the rest of his output. it's quite slight in many ways - murder in enclosed private school community with it's typical class problems and strange ritual...

from wearyhobo

Smiley fans simply must read it for an early glimpse of their hero, in all his wretched glory, brilliantly solving a murder in the town from whence his Ann came. Regular mystery fans should also enjoy it, because it's a good story, but unless you're either a George Smiley person or someone who en...

from Smiler69

George Smiley is retired from his intelligence work and recovering from a recent divorce, but agrees to help his old friend and wartime colleague Miss Brimley, the editor of a Christian magazine with a limited and devoted readership. Miss Brimley has received a letter from a long-standing reader ...

from Crazymamie

This is a very good little mystery, and the second entry in the George Smiley series. What makes it slightly disappointing is that there is no espionage involved, and of course, that's what we want from Le Carré. Here, Smiley is asked as a favor to look into a murder at a prep school. He must fin...

from JBD1

An early Le Carré, which reminded me more of Michael Innes or Agatha Christie than of other le Carré volumes I've read so far. A good mystery story, though.