Inspector Hazlerigg: Death Has Deep Roots (Paperback)

from amaraki

Great fun and a swiftly paced page turner so I gave it a high rating --for me--within its genre. A French woman is accused of murdering a British major, and the mystery centers on events in wartime France where the woman was a member of the resistance working with the British. The tale develops a...

from eyes.2c

Classic British crime drama! If I were a 'courtroom drama' purist I'd be in seventh heaven over this reprint of this 1951 British Crime Classic. I'm not, and yet I found myself following the court action and the investigation process as avidly as if I were watching Rumpole of the Bailey. It's pos...

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This book is an excellent blend of whodunnit murder mystery, detective thriller and courtroom drama. The story is set in post WW2 years, but there's a backstory centres on events occurring in France during the German Occupation in the war. The language is not dated even though the book was writte...

from jetangen4571

Crime Fiction, courtroom drama, England, post WW2, murder, suspense, thriller Events in occupied France result in a brisk courtroom drama of a murder in England utilizing investigators in both France and England. The accused is a woman who was active in the French Resistance and the victim was a ...

from thornton37814

Victoria Lamartine faces a charge of murder. Her alleged lover Major Thoseby's murder made her the most logical suspect. Attorney Nap Rumbold becomes a late replacement for the defense. Can he save his client from the gallows? Much of the book consists of hearings at the Old Bailey. Some shows Ru...