Description
First published in 1962, Death Before Breakfast is a Chief Inspector Littlejohn mystery full of intrigue, mysterious motives, and ingenious speculation.
On her way to church early one morning, Mrs. Jump sees a dead body in the gutter in July Street. Frightened, she hurries on, but her conscience convinces her to return, only to find the body gone.
Doubting herself, she nevertheless tells her boss, Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard, who decides to investigate further. He soon discovers that July Street is full of unusual people.
Everyone has a motive. Everyone is a suspect.
From London to Paris and back, Littlejohn unravels the tangled web of connections between this curious cast of characters to expose the murderer.
Author: George Bellairs
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 05/24/2018
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.02w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781448217328
ISBN10: 1448217326
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Crime
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Cozy | General
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
On her way to church early one morning, Mrs. Jump sees a dead body in the gutter in July Street. Frightened, she hurries on, but her conscience convinces her to return, only to find the body gone.
Doubting herself, she nevertheless tells her boss, Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard, who decides to investigate further. He soon discovers that July Street is full of unusual people.
Everyone has a motive. Everyone is a suspect.
From London to Paris and back, Littlejohn unravels the tangled web of connections between this curious cast of characters to expose the murderer.
Author: George Bellairs
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 05/24/2018
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.02w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781448217328
ISBN10: 1448217326
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Crime
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Cozy | General
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical
About the Author
George Bellairs is a pen name of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer born in Lancashire. Blundell was a prolific writer who published over 50 crime and mystery novels in his life, most of them featuring the detective Inspector Littlejohn. Blundell also wrote regularly for the Manchester Guardian.