Tragedy at Ravensthorpe

by J. J. Connington

Overview

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

In Clinton Driffield's second case he must tangle with a plethora of crimes including robbery, murder and a disappearance - not to mention a Family Curse, and a less than sympathetic victim ...

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781471905940
Publisher:	Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Publication date:	11/30/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

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.