A Francis Pettigrew mystery - Who murdered solo violinist Lucy Carless during a concert by the Markshire Orchestra? There are several suspects, any one of whom might have strangled her with a silk stocking. Lawyer, Franics Pettigrew, as reluctant honorary treasurer to the Markshire Orchestral Society, finds himself caught up with assisting the police in their investigations.
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'A plot compounded of musical knowledge, a Dickens allusion, and a subtle point of law... -- New York Times
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Cyril Hare was the pseudonym of Judge Gordon Clark. Born at Mickleham near Dorking in 1900, he was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. At the bar his practice was largely in the criminal courts. During the Second World War he was on the staff of the Director of Public Prosecutions; but later, as a County Court judge, his work concerned civil disputes only - and his sole connection with crime was through his fiction. He turned to writing detective stories at the age of thirty-six and some of his first short stories were published in Punch. Hare went on to write a series of detective novels. He died in 1958.
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Literate, Intelligent, Masterful Story - An Overlooked Gem,
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This review is from: When the Wind Blows (A Francis Pettigrew Mystery) (Paperback)
When The Wind Blows is an overlooked gem, a jewel of a mystery, one that is continuously suspenseful, and yet literate and intelligent. Cyril Hare himself is not well known today, but fortunately in recent years many of his mysteries have been reissued by Dover, Harper-Perennial, and most recently by House of Stratus. Cyril Hare is a pseudonym of a distinguished judge, Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark. His earliest mysteries date from the late 1930s; others from the late 1940s and 1950s.One of Cyril Hare's most popular characters, the lawyer Francis Pettigrew, has surprised his friends by marrying (he was, after all, a middle aged bachelor) and then subsequently retiring from his legal practice. His wife, Eleanor, was passionate about music and was a violinist in the Markshire Orchestral Society, a well-respected, but largely amateur affair. Francis was pressed into service, initially to assist with tax issues, and then as the honorary treasurer of the orchestral society. Shortly after the national anthem, the first concert of the year is interrupted by the murder of the visiting solo violinist, the rather famous Lucy Carless. Seemingly, the entire orchestra had access to the murder site. Against his will, Francis Pettigrew is pulled into the investigation. In the hands of Cyril Hare the orchestra setting is more than window dressing. Critical clues emerge from details of the planned performances. The need for a last minute replacement for a clarinetist appears significant, but it could be a red herring. The ingenious solution involves not only some knowledge of music, but also a subtle point of law (thankfully, Pettigrew was available), and an allusion to Charles Dickens. When the Wind Blows is also published in the US under the title The Wind Blows Death.
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