Death of a busybody

Resource Information

The work Death of a busybody represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Death of a busybody

Statement of responsibility

George Bellairs ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards

Creator

• Bellairs, George, 1902-1985

Author

• Bellairs, George, 1902-1985

Subject

• False personation -- Fiction
• Great Britain, Metropolitan Police Office -- Fiction
• Littlejohn, Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
• Murder -- Investigation -- England -- Fiction
• Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction
• Villages -- England -- Fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction
• Detectives -- England -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Miss Tither, the village busybody, is not the best-loved resident of Hilary Magna. She has made many enemies: bombarding the villagers with religious tracts, berating drunkards, and informing the spouses of cheating partners. Her murder, however, is still a huge shock to the Reverend Ethelred Claplady and his parish. Inspector Littlejohn's understanding of country ways makes him Scotland Yard's first choice for the job. Basing himself at the village inn, Littlejohn works with the local police to investigate what lay behind the murder. A second death does little to settle the collective nerves of the village, and as events escalate, a strange tale of hidden identities, repressed resentment, religious fervour and financial scams is uncovered. Life in the picturesque village of Hilary Magna proves to be very far from idyllic

Member of

• British Library crime classics
• Inspector Littlejohn mystery

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

• 823.912
• [E]

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

British Library crime classics