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A body is discovered on Middle Temple Lane on the steps of a barristers' chambers. There is only one clue: the address of a lawyer on a piece of paper. But is it related to the death? Perhaps yes, but upon further reflection possibly no. Either way, the lawyer and Spargo, a journalist desperate for a big story, decide to solve the case.

Produktbeschreibung
A body is discovered on Middle Temple Lane on the steps of a barristers' chambers. There is only one clue: the address of a lawyer on a piece of paper. But is it related to the death? Perhaps yes, but upon further reflection possibly no. Either way, the lawyer and Spargo, a journalist desperate for a big story, decide to solve the case.
Autorenporträt
J.S.Fletcher (1863-1935) was a British journalist and author, regarded to be a leading writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Fletcher was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1863, the son of a clergyman. His father was expired when he was only eight months old and he was brought up by his grandmother in Yorkshire. When he was eighteen, Fletcher went to London to study Law and this understanding of crime was of great use to him in his career as a writer of mystery and adventure. He was educated at Silcoates School in Wakefield. He was fellow of the Royal Historical Society who had studied law before turning to journalism. His literary career covered approximately 200 books on a wide variety of subjects including fiction, non fiction, histories, historical fiction, and mysteries. His first published novel was a historical novel, When Charles the First was King (1892). The Middle Temple Murder is a famous novel of Fletcher. In 1914, Fletcher wrote his first detective novel and move on to write over a hundred more, many featuring the private investigator Ronald Camberwell. Fletcher married the novelist and playwright Rosamund Langbridge. Fletcher expired in Surrey in 1935.