Judgment In Suspense
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the shadowy corridors of post-war British society, Judgment in Suspense presents a gripping tale of moral ambiguity, hidden guilt, and the relentless machinery of justice — a novel that keeps its verdict tantalizingly out of reach until the very last page. Gerald Bullett chronicles the tense unravelling of a crime whose perpetrator seems to lurk just beyond the grasp of certainty, drawing readers into a world where suspicion poisons every relationship and the truth refuses to surface cleanly. Bullett, a remarkably versatile and underappreciated figure in mid-twentieth-century British letters — poet, critic, and novelist alike — brings to this work his characteristic precision of prose and a quietly penetrating understanding of human psychology. His narrative style is restrained yet charged with an almost unbearable tension, illustrating how the weight of unresolved guilt can distort the fabric of ordinary life. Judgment in Suspense stands as a compelling reminder that the most unsettling mysteries are not those left unsolved by detectives, but those left unconfessed by the human heart.
Author: Gerald Bullett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1946, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the shadowy corridors of post-war British society, Judgment in Suspense presents a gripping tale of moral ambiguity, hidden guilt, and the relentless machinery of justice — a novel that keeps its verdict tantalizingly out of reach until the very last page. Gerald Bullett chronicles the tense unravelling of a crime whose perpetrator seems to lurk just beyond the grasp of certainty, drawing readers into a world where suspicion poisons every relationship and the truth refuses to surface cleanly. Bullett, a remarkably versatile and underappreciated figure in mid-twentieth-century British letters — poet, critic, and novelist alike — brings to this work his characteristic precision of prose and a quietly penetrating understanding of human psychology. His narrative style is restrained yet charged with an almost unbearable tension, illustrating how the weight of unresolved guilt can distort the fabric of ordinary life. Judgment in Suspense stands as a compelling reminder that the most unsettling mysteries are not those left unsolved by detectives, but those left unconfessed by the human heart.