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Calamity in Kent (British Library Crime Classics) by John Rowland is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder "Rowland shows how a journalist might see what a cop doesn't see, and vice versa, in intriguing ways, as the murder spans out into a black-market petrol conspiracy worthy of Foyle's War ." Booklist STARRED review In the peaceful seaside town of Broadgate, an impossible crime occurs. The operator of the cliff railway locks the empty carriage one evening; when he returns to work next morning, a dead body is locked insidea man who has been stabbed in the back. Jimmy London, a newspaper reporter, is first on the scene. He is quick on the trail for cluesand agrees to pool his knowledge with Inspector Shelley of Scotland Yard, who is holidaying in the area. Mistrustful of the plodding local policeman, Inspector Beech, the two men launch their own investigation into the most baffling locked-room mysterya case that could reignite Jimmy's flagging career, but one that exposes him to great danger.

Who reads Calamity in Kent (British Library Crime Classics)?

Author

John Rowland

Publisher

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781464205774

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

True Crime, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.17 / 5 (138 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14