A01=Michael Underwood
Author_Michael Underwood
Category=FF
crime books set in London
crime fiction
death threat
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killer
lawyer
murder
murdered judge
mystery
Rosa Epton series
suspense
The Murder Room
thriller
Product details
- ISBN 9781471904738
- Weight: 41g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2013
- Publisher: The Murder Room
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Her Honour Judge Celia Kilby does not suffer fools gladly. Criminals, counsel and clerks all feel the lash of her tongue, and all know her bark is as vicious as her bite. So when she receives an anonymous letter threatening her life, no one is particularly surprised.
But the police investigation fails to substantiate the threat; and then Judge Kilby is found murdered in her own garden and surprising aspects of her private life come to light, including an illegitimate son.
Suspects and motives abound, but means and opportunity remains elusive - until Rosa Epton accepts a client who confesses to being the anonymous letter writer. But is her client the killer?
Michael Underwood (the pseudonym of John Michael Evelyn) was born in Worthing, Sussex and educated at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1939 and served in the British army during World War Two. He returned to work in the Department of Public Prosecutions until his retirement in 1976, and wrote almost 50 crime novels informed by his career in the law. His five series characters include Sergeant Nick Atwell and lawyer Rosa Epton, of whom it was said by the Washington Post that she 'outdoes Perry Mason'.
