Murder by the Book (The Langham & Dupré Mysteries #1)

By: Eric Brown

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Synopsis: Who is killing the crime writers of London? Find out in this &“consistently entertaining . . . crime debut from sci-fi veteran Brown&” (Kirkus Reviews). London, 1955. When crime writer Donald Langham&’s literary agent asks for his help in sorting out &“a delicate matter,&” little does Langham realize what he&’s getting himself into. For a nasty case of blackmail leads inexorably to murder as London&’s literary establishment is rocked by a series of increasingly bizarre deaths. With three members of the London Crime Writers&’ Association coming to sudden and violent ends, what at first appeared to be a series of suicides looks suspiciously like murder—and there seems to be something horribly familiar about the various methods of dispatch. With the help of his literary agent&’s assistant, the delectable Maria Dupré, Langham finds himself drawing on the skills of his fictional detective hero as he hunts a ruthless and fiendishly clever killer—a killer with old scores to settle. &“[A] well-paced first mystery. . . . Readers will hope a sequel is in the works.&” —Publishers Weekly