The Spoilt Kill : A Staffordshire Mystery

Resumen del libro

Staffordshire in the 1950s. Within the clay tanks at the pottery company Shentall's, a body has been found. Amid cries of industrial espionage and sabotage of this leader of the pottery industry, there is a case of bitter murder to solve for Inspector Hedley Nicholson.

Kelly's mystery won the CWA Gold Dagger Award in 1961 for its impeccable sense of place and detail, and for the emotional weight of its central crime. The novel is part of a shift from the cosiness of crime novels before to mysteries characterised by their psychological interest and affecting realism. An influential classic.

Biografía del autor

Mary Kelly se hizo famosa con su serie protagonizada por el inspector Brett Nightingale, que supuso un soplo de aire fresco en la ficción criminal. Sus novelas fueron muy aplaudidas y llegó a alzarse con la Daga Dorada, la mayor distinción otorgada por la Crime Writers Association.