Death in High Heels
Christianna Brand author Martin Edwards editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:British Library Publishing
Publishing:10th Nov '25
£10.99
This title is due to be published on 10th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The pursuit of fashion is a matter of life and death in the debut novel from Christianna Brand, one of the Queens of Golden Age crime fiction. Life in the West End dress shop Christophe et Cie is hard enough with all the pressures of delivering Frank Bevan's business vision and then comes murder, delivered by oxalic acid, transforming the boutique into a crime scene. Featuring a colourful cast of designers, models, shop floor assistants and the fresh-faced Inspector Charlesworth, this 1941 mystery brims with Brand's signature wit and ruthless twists.
“A bull’s-eye! Miss Brand has succeeded not only with the puzzle (which is uncommonly good), but even more with the atmosphere.” – Illustrated London News
“This new writer of mystery tales is welcome, for she has a cheerfully satiric manner… The reader is kept on tenterhooks until the end.” – Daily Telegraph
“Miss Brand has exhibited an ingenuity worthy of Agatha Christie in throwing us off the scent of the real criminal.” – J. D. Beresford
ISBN: 9780712355247
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
256 pages