The Bells At Old Bailey

DOROTHY BOWERS

Publication: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947, London

First edition. 8vo. Fine, bright copy in a bright, fresh dust jacket. The author's fifth and last book as she died in 1948 shortly after this book was published. She was 46 years of age.

Her five novels were all published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. She died from tuberculosis shortly after having been elected to the Detection Club in recognition of her novels. She had been considered a natural successor to Dorothy L. Sayers. ----Wikipedia.

Nothing much ever happens in the sleepy village of Long Greeting. Until, that is, five people commit suicide within the space of nine weeks. Is this the tragic result of blackmail or the work of a ruthless and daring murderer? When Bertha Tidy is found strangled at the beauty parlor she runs in the nearby cathedral town of Ravenchuch, it becomes clear that something very sinister indeed is afoot in this quiet corner of rural England, and the police will have to act fast to prevent further tragedy…

An exceptional copy from an excellent author who is barely remembered today.