Jack-in-the-Box by J.J. Connington - ISBN: 9781471906237
Paperback
‘As a maker of watertight puzzles, Mr Connington has no superior’Daily Mail

Jack-in-the-Box

  • Paperback

    218 pages

  • Release Date

    28 November 2013

Summary

When recently exhumed church relics are stolen from a small English village the theft is quickly followed by four murders.

The joint inheritance of a piece of property supplies a motive but the cause of death is mystery. Cue Sir Clinton Driffield, who investigates and makes an on-the-spot arrest of the culprits and their super-scientific death machine.

‘J.J. Connington’s stories are always attractive’ Sunday Times

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781471906237
ISBN-10:147190623X
Author:J.J. Connington
Publisher:The Murder Room
Imprint:The Murder Room
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:218
Release Date:28 November 2013
Weight:41g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm
Series:Murder Room
About The Author

J.J. Connington

J. J. Connington (1880-1947)

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.

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