Murder in the Telephone Exchange (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781891241376)

First published in 1948, when it was the best-selling mystery of the year in the author's native Australia, Murder in the Telephone Exchange stars feisty young operator Maggie Byrnes. When one of her more unpopular colleagues is murdered -- her head bashed in with a "buttinsky," a piece of equipment used to listen in on phone calls -- Maggie resolves to turn sleuth. Some of her coworkers are acting strangely, and Maggie is convinced she has a better chance of figuring out who is responsible for the killing than the rather stolid police team assigned to the case, who seem to think she herself might have had something to do with it. But then one of her friends is murdered too, and it looks like Maggie might be next. Narrated with verve and wit, this is a whodunit in the tradition of Dorothy L. Sayers and Josephine Tey, by turns entertaining and suspenseful, and building to a gripping climax.

Author: June Wright
ISBN-10: 1891241370
ISBN-13: 9781891241376
Publisher: Dark Passage
Language: English
Published: 06/24/2014
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 04/07/2014