Murder Most Vile

About the author

Two times winner of the British Science Fiction Award, Eric Brown is the author of thirty science fiction novels and numerous short story collections. He writes a monthly review column for the Guardian. He has written five previous Langham & Dupré mysteries, Murder by the Book, Murder at the Chase, Murder at the Loch, Murder Take Three and Murder Takes a Turn. Born in Haworth, West Yorkshire, he now lives near Dunbar in Scotland.

Summary

London. April, 1957. PI Donald Langham is approached by Vernon Lombard to find his missing son. But there's more to Christopher Lombard's disappearance than meets the eye, and the apparently simple case becomes far more alarming. Can Langham navigate London's criminal underworld, fascism and deception to track down a killer?

Product details

• Authors: Eric Brown
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780727850997
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-5099-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: A Langham & Dupre Mystery; A Langham & Dupré Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Historical mysteries, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, c 1950 to c 1959, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, C 1945 To C 1960, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General