{"product_id":"9780008283056_the-middle-temple-murder-detective-club-crime-classics","title":"The Middle Temple Murder (Detective Club Crime Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA special 100th anniversary edition of J.S. Fletcher’s best detective novel, recognised as one of the Golden Age’s earliest and most successful classic stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unidentified elderly gentleman is found bludgeoned to death in London’s Middle Temple, that enclave of justice between Fleet Street and the Thames. After due investigation the police conclude that it was merely a case of robbery. But Frank Spargo, a young journalist who senses a scoop, and Inspector Rathbury of New Scotland Yard, who doesn’t, soon unearth fresh clues and join forces to solve an intricate and intriguing mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Smith Fletcher was a British writer and fellow of the Royal Historical Society who had studied law before turning to journalism. Dubbed ‘the Dean of Mystery Writers’, his literary career spanned some 200 books, with the seminal \u003cem\u003eThe Middle Temple Murder\u003c\/em\u003e acclaimed as one of the genre’s defining novels, popular on both sides of the Atlantic with readers, critics and US Presidents alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Detective Club classic is introduced by the detective fiction historian Nigel Moss, celebrating 100 years since the book’s first publication. It includes the bonus of Fletcher’s earlier short story ‘The Contents of the Coffin’, his precursor to the full-length \u003cem\u003eThe Middle Temple Murder\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. S. Fletcher, Introduction by Nigel Moss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285372813461,"sku":"9780008283056","price":13.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008283056.jpg?v=1776992150","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008283056_the-middle-temple-murder-detective-club-crime-classics","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}