Death In High Heels Author Forename:Christianna

Death In High Heels Author Forename:ChristiannaThe debut mystery novel by Queen of Crime Christianna Brand, published following the success of the Crime Classics editions of Green for Danger, Death of Jezebel and more. A classic poisoning mystery inspired by the author's experience of working in retail, including all the gossip, interdepartmental backstabbing and sharply observed humour. It was adapted for the screen as a Hammer film in 1947, and for the stage by Richard Harris in 2012. Introduces

For the Funeral Owl is said to be an omen of death

he discovers the police station understaffed and the local population wary of his presence in Hangman's Gap

'Detective Writers in England'

credit card debt

Is she entering the mind of a victim

And then he leaves for days at a time

He swears it isn't true

The only way is up for the two brothers

infamous as the sex capital of the world

Angie and her teenage son Rust prepare for Christmas

When Leonard Franks and his wife Ellie leave the clamour of London for a dream retirement on the seclusion of Dartmoor

Set in London in 1936