So Bad A Death
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the quiet suburban world of post-war Melbourne, nothing is quite as peaceful as it seems — and when murder intrudes upon the genteel rhythms of neighbourhood life, it falls to amateur sleuth Mother Paul to untangle a web of secrets, jealousy, and lethal ambition. So Bad a Death is June Wright's second mystery novel, a sharply observed crime narrative that chronicles the investigation into the suspicious death of a domineering local figure, set against the backdrop of a tight-knit Australian community where social propriety masks dangerous undercurrents. Wright writes with a wit and intelligence that draws inevitable comparisons to Agatha Christie, yet her voice is distinctly Australian — grounded, sardonic, and richly attuned to the hypocrisies of middle-class life. Her protagonist, a nun with an incisive mind and an unassuming manner, proves to be a formidable force against those who believe murder can be neatly concealed beneath a veneer of respectability. Long overlooked and now rightfully reclaimed as a landmark of Australian crime fiction, this novel leaves the reader asking one unsettling question: in a community built on appearances, who among the respectable truly has nothing to hide?
Author: June Wright
Format: Hardback
Published: 1949, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the quiet suburban world of post-war Melbourne, nothing is quite as peaceful as it seems — and when murder intrudes upon the genteel rhythms of neighbourhood life, it falls to amateur sleuth Mother Paul to untangle a web of secrets, jealousy, and lethal ambition. So Bad a Death is June Wright's second mystery novel, a sharply observed crime narrative that chronicles the investigation into the suspicious death of a domineering local figure, set against the backdrop of a tight-knit Australian community where social propriety masks dangerous undercurrents. Wright writes with a wit and intelligence that draws inevitable comparisons to Agatha Christie, yet her voice is distinctly Australian — grounded, sardonic, and richly attuned to the hypocrisies of middle-class life. Her protagonist, a nun with an incisive mind and an unassuming manner, proves to be a formidable force against those who believe murder can be neatly concealed beneath a veneer of respectability. Long overlooked and now rightfully reclaimed as a landmark of Australian crime fiction, this novel leaves the reader asking one unsettling question: in a community built on appearances, who among the respectable truly has nothing to hide?