George Bellairs (1902–1985)
Auteur de Death of a Busybody
A propos de l'auteur
George Bellairs was the pseudonym of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a prominent banker and philanthropist from Manchester whose popular detective stories were published for nearly forty years. His mystery novels Death of a Busybody and The Dead Shall Be Raised Murder of a Quack have also been afficher plus published as British Library Crime Classics. afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Also wrote four novels as Hilary Landon.
Séries
Œuvres de George Bellairs
British Library Crime Classics Collection 10 Books Bundle (Death of a Busybody,Mystery in the Channel,The Methods of… (2016) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
Choose Your Own Verdict 2 exemplaires
British Library Crime Classics 12 Books Collection - Series 5 and 6 (2015) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Exit Sir Toby Belch 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Bellairs, George
- Nom légal
- Blundell, Harold
- Autres noms
- Landon, Hilary (pseudonym)
- Date de naissance
- 1902
- Date de décès
- 1985
- Lieu de sépulture
- Isle of Man
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Heywood, Lancashire, England, UK
Isle of Man - Études
- Heywood Grammar School
London University - Professions
- banker
- Prix et distinctions
- Honorary Masters (University of Manchester ∙ 1959)
- Agent
- John Gifford Ltd
- Courte biographie
- Bellairs was a pen name for Harold Blundell, who was a banker when not writing.On retiring he moved to Colby on the Isle of Man with his wife. His personal papers are in the John Rylands Library (Univ. of Manchester).
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Also wrote four novels as Hilary Landon.
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Discussions
Collection as part of a Publishers Series? à Librarything Series (Octobre 2021)
Critiques
Death of a Busybody (British Library Crime Classics) par George Bellairs
fun read and especially good representation of local dialect
Littlejohn is vacationing in the Isle of Man when a visiting Frenchwoman is killed. First suspicion is that she was killed for the secret to her gambling wins, but later developments lead to France and tales of betrayal of Resistance forces.
Both mysteries good examples of murder in a small town investigated by perceptive detective. In Dead shall be Raised the body of a man believed to have murdered his friend twenty years earlier is discovered. Now the killer of both men must be found after many witnesses and neighbors have died. In Murder of a Quack the victim is a respected alternative healer . Inspector Littlejohn solves both cases through careful questioning and intuition.
have read this before - no idea when
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 68
- Membres
- 1,719
- Popularité
- #14,942
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 113
- ISBN
- 161
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 2