Mystery at Lynden Sands

by J. J. Connington

Overview

'Mr J. J. Connington is a name revered by all specialists on detective fiction' Spectator

In the fourth Sir Clinton Driffield mystery, the detective finds himself up against a missing heir, an accidental bigamist, a series of secret marriages and impersonations and an ingenious scientific murder. Aided by his wit and powers of reasoning, as well as Wendover, his very own Watson, Sir Clinton once again succeeds in piecing together a solution as the novel reaches its thrilling climax.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781471905988
Publisher:	Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Publication date:	11/30/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	444 KB

About the Author

Alfred Walter Stewart, who wrote under the pen name J. J. Connington, was born in Glasgow, the youngest of three sons of Reverend Dr Stewart. He graduated from Glasgow University and pursued an academic career as a chemistry professor, working for the Admiralty during the First World War. Known for his ingenious and carefully worked-out puzzles and in-depth character development, he was admired by a host of his better-known contemporaries, including Dorothy L. Sayers and John Dickson Carr, who both paid tribute to his influence on their work. He married Jessie Lily Courts in 1916 and they had one daughter.