You Can'T Call It Murder
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
When is a murder not a murder? Diana Ramsay's gripping You Can't Call It Murder poses that chilling question at its very heart, drawing readers into a web of deception, moral ambiguity, and deadly secrets where the boundaries between guilt and innocence are dangerously blurred. Set against a backdrop of creeping suspicion and psychological tension, the novel chronicles a crime that defies easy classification — a death that the law may not recognise as homicide, yet which carries all the weight of calculated, cold-blooded intent. Ramsay writes with the precise, controlled hand of a classic British crime author, crafting a narrative that belongs firmly in the tradition of mid-twentieth-century detective fiction — cerebral, atmospheric, and laced with irony. The novel argues that the most disturbing crimes are not those committed in rage, but those engineered with patience and plausible deniability. Listed alongside her other works — including Descent into the Dark, No Cause to Kill, Deadly Discretion, and A Little Murder Done — this title cements Ramsay's reputation as a master of the morally complex mystery, leaving readers to wonder: if the law won't name it murder, who will?
Author: Diana Ramsay
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Collins, St James's Place, London
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
When is a murder not a murder? Diana Ramsay's gripping You Can't Call It Murder poses that chilling question at its very heart, drawing readers into a web of deception, moral ambiguity, and deadly secrets where the boundaries between guilt and innocence are dangerously blurred. Set against a backdrop of creeping suspicion and psychological tension, the novel chronicles a crime that defies easy classification — a death that the law may not recognise as homicide, yet which carries all the weight of calculated, cold-blooded intent. Ramsay writes with the precise, controlled hand of a classic British crime author, crafting a narrative that belongs firmly in the tradition of mid-twentieth-century detective fiction — cerebral, atmospheric, and laced with irony. The novel argues that the most disturbing crimes are not those committed in rage, but those engineered with patience and plausible deniability. Listed alongside her other works — including Descent into the Dark, No Cause to Kill, Deadly Discretion, and A Little Murder Done — this title cements Ramsay's reputation as a master of the morally complex mystery, leaving readers to wonder: if the law won't name it murder, who will?