British Library Crime Classics: Murder in Piccadilly (Paperback)

from BrianEWilliams

This is a Golden Age murder mystery story, set in 1930's England. Twenty-some Bobbie Cheldon. has fallen in love with a young nightclub dancer, Nancy Curzon, and asks her to marry him. However, she wants a rich husband and Bobbie is penniless. She gives him a month to make himself worthy of becom...

from Kathy89

A naïve and poor 23 yr old society man, Bobby Cheldon is has fallen in love with Nancy, a young woman who wants a career on the stage. Nancy won't leave the theater unless she can marry a wealthy man and Bobby won't inherit his uncle's estate until he dies but he's only 53. Nancy's "manager" sees...

from booksandscones

23-year-old Bobbie Cheldon has been raised in impoverished gentility in a poor part of London, but he will inherit a Sussex manor house and 10,000 pounds a year when his rich Uncle Massy Cheldon dies. Bobbie falls desperately in love with Nancy Curzon, a 19-year-old dancer he meets in a seedy nig...

from muddyboy

I just love that Poisoned Pen Press is reprinting British mysteries from the golden age of that genre (1930's to 1950's). The first choice is a good one. The book is about a man who will inherit great wealth if his uncle passes away. To complicate things the love of his life will not marry him un...

from muddyboy

I just love that Poisoned Pen Press is reprinting British mysteries from the golden age of that genre (1930's to 1950's). The first choice is a good one. The book is about a man who will inherit great wealth if his uncle passes away. To complicate things the love of his life will not marry him un...