The Death of Kings: A John Madden Mystery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780399563461)

"[Rennie Airth's] meticulously detailed procedural mysteries are beautifully written . . . well worth reading, and rereading."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Rennie Airth's The Decent Inn of Death is forthcoming from Penguin

On a hot summer day in 1938, a beautiful actress is murdered on the grand Kent estate of Sir Jack Jessup, close friend of the Prince of Wales. The arrest of an ex-convict and his subsequent confession swiftly bring the case to a close, but in 1949, the reappearance of a jade necklace raises questions about the murder. Was the man convicted and executed the decade before truly guilty?

Though happily retired from the police force, John Madden is persuaded to investigate the case afresh. In a story of honor and justice that takes Madden through the idyllic English countryside, post-war streets of London, and into the criminal underworld of the Chinese Triads, The Death of Kings is an atmospheric and captivating police procedural.

Author: Rennie Airth
ISBN-10: 0399563466
ISBN-13: 9780399563461
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2017
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d