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That Yew Tree's Shade (Paperback)

by Cyril Hare (Author)
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'He is a writer for the fastidious, combining legal cool thinking with a muffled compassion for human nature...' - The Tatler


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'The lie of the land had left a natural hollow beneath one of the main branches. Mrs Pink's head and shoulders fitted neatly into the depression. It was her feet, stuck stiffly out beyond the surrounding leaves, that had told Tomlin that what they had glimpsed at a distance was something more sinister than a heap of rags.' Detective-Superintendent Trimble is soon on the trail. We return to familiar Didford and meet again with lawyer Francis Pettigrew, who is called from retirement to help solve another Markshire murder.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Legal, cool thinking, combined with gentle humour., Oct 5 2002
By John Austin "austinjr@bigpond.net.au" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Those who like their crime fiction to be well written, from yesteryear, and narrated with a wry sense of humour, ought to sample the works of Cyril Hare being newly reprinted by the House of Stratus. Cyril Hare was the pseudonym for an English county court judge, Gordon Clark (1900-1957). He wrote 11 or 12 detective novels during the last 20 years of his life. This one was published in 1954.

Hare's regular sleuth, retired lawyer Francis Pettigrew, solves the murder mystery. Like the author, he knows all about "draughty town halls, where inaudible witnesses compete vainly with the roar of traffic outside, and stuffy police courts loud with the clamour of imprisoned stray dogs". The victim seems to be an unlikely candidate for murder. She is a relatively new arrival in the village. She rents a house. She is killed while delivering notices advertising a forthcoming bazaar. All very English. As Pettigrew, and members of the local police force discover, however, many people had both opportunity and a motive for killing her.

This is recommended for the fastidious reader, not for those seeking thrills, suspense, and excitement.

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