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Murder at School

James Hilton

2002186 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2002
first published
  • 1935Harper & Brothers · 258 pages · ENG
  • 1972Hamilton · 186 pages · ENGISBN 9780241022047
  • 1976Garland Pub. · 258 pages · ENGISBN 9780824023768
  • 2021Independently Published · ENGISBN 9798500393371
  • 2002Dales Large Print Books · 333 pages · ENGISBN 9781842622001
  • 1979Dover Pubns · 252 pages · ENGISBN 9780486237749
  • 2000Swallowtail Books · 241 pagesISBN 9781903400029
  • 1911Amereon Ltd · 250 pages · ENGISBN 9780884118299

*Was It Murder?* deals with the phenomenon of coincidence by posing the question of how likely it is that two brothers attending the same boarding school meet with two separate accidental deaths — and curious ones at that — within the same school year. In the manner typical of the Golden Age whodunnit, the solution is only presented in the final pages of the novel. Throughout the book, an amateur sleuth and a Scotland Yard detective vie with each other to solve the riddle, with only one of them successful in the end.

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AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice
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