British Library Crime Classics: Death of a Busybody (Paperback)

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The dead body of the town gossip is found face down in the vicar's cesspool. An inglorious end for a woman nobody liked, and many feared. Her suspicious death brings Scotland Yard inspector Littlejohn to the village of Hilary Magna to find the murderer. Of course, not everyone is who they seem to...

from nancyadair

When George Ballairs penned his Inspector Thomas Littlejohn stories their humor appealed to war-weary British readers in need of a little light escapism. His third novel Death of a Busybody was published in 1942. I have long wanted to read some of Poisoned Pen Press's British Library Crime Classi...

from thornton37814

Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is called to assist DC Harriwinkle in the village of Hillary Magna when the village "busybody" Miss Tither is murdered. She displayed a "holier than thou" attitude and aimed to make people repent of their errant ways. Lots of people, as you can imagine, have ...

from Liz1564

This mystery was sent to me by Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley. Thank you. Death of a Busybody, except for one rather dark relationship, is a light-hearted mystery bordering on the cozy. Miss Ethel Tither, the village gossip and spiritual judge, has been found drowned in the vicar's cesspool. A ...