A01=Michael Underwood
Author_Michael Underwood
Category=FF
courtroom drama
crime books set in London
crime fiction
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lawyer
murder
mystery
Simon Manton series
suspense
The Murder Room
thriller
Product details
- ISBN 9781471907647
- Weight: 41g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 14 May 2013
- Publisher: The Murder Room
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'Her name is Maisie Jenks and that's her father with her. They live up in St. John's Wood way, and she knows who the murderer is ...'
William Tarrant is on trial for the murder of a police constable. Before he can give evidence in his own defence, however, he is shot in Court 1 of the Old Bailey.
In his debut case, Detective-Inspector Simon Manton has to solve the puzzle of a missing juror, a nervous warder, and a girl, Maisie, who screams just before the deadly shot is fired ...
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'.
