John Bude

The Sussex Downs Murder: a British Library Crime Classic John Bude

Brief Description: Already it looked as if the police were up against a carefully planned and cleverly executed murder, and, what was more, a murder without a corpse! Two brothers, John and William Rother, live together at Chalklands Farm in the beautiful Sussex Downs. Their peaceful rural life is shattered when John Rother disappears and his abandoned car is found. Has he been kidnapped? Or is his disappearance more sinister- connected, perhaps, to his growing rather too friendly with his brother's wife? Superintendent Meredith is called to investigate- and begins to suspect the worst when human bones are discovered on Chalklands farmland. His patient, careful detective method begins slowly to untangle the clues as suspicion shifts from one character to the next. Review Citations:

Booklist 05/01/2015 pg. 46 (EAN 9781464203718, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:  Bude, John John Bude was the pseudonym of Ernest Elmore (1901 1957), an author of the golden age of crime fiction. Elmore was a co-founder of the Crime Writers Association, and worked in the theatre as a producer and director. His first two books, The Cornish Coast Murder and The Lake District Murder, were republished as British Library Crime Classics to great acclaim in 2014.