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Fatality in Fleet Street Paperback – August 13, 2013

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A Press mogul at odds with the country's leadership. At odds with the whole country, in fact.

If his vision succeeds? Catastrophic war with Russia!

Can he - and the senseless deaths of millions - be stopped?

That dreadful disaster is averted by his murder.

But this heinous crime, timely or not, must be solved and the perpetrator brought to justice.

With hundreds, if not thousands, of suspects, where does one start...?

If you're a Golden Age crime lover and enjoy Christie, Heyer, Sayers et al - you will love this very rare mystery.

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Christopher St. John Sprigg wrote seven detective novels before his death, over 75 years ago at the age of 29, fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Of these, Fatality in Fleet Street is the most sought-after, and one of the rarest Golden Age detective novels. Oleander is delighted to have made this brilliant, complex and entertaining tale of politics, murder, deception and power back into circulation and available to mystery and crime fans around the world.

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  6. ISBN-13
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Oleander Press (August 13, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1909349755
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1909349759
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.67 x 9 inches
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  • Albert Gidari
    5.0 out of 5 stars and the world lost a great mystery writer - one that Dorothy Sayers described as ...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2017
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    Clever who-done-it mystery within the newspaper world coupled with not a few jabs at lawyers and British justice. St. John Sprigg was killed in Spain fighting the fascists, and the world lost a great mystery writer - one that Dorothy Sayers described as first-rate.
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  • Patto
    4.0 out of 5 stars A newspaper magnate is murdered, to general rejoicing
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2015
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    Lord Carpenter, general director of a huge newspaper group, is both a journalistic genius and a petty tyrant. He is using the power of the press to foment a war with Russia. No one on the peer's staff shares his militaristic agenda. Collectively they breathe a sigh of relief when he is murdered. His crime editor, Charles Venerables, takes on the job of finding the murderer, mainly to keep the police from hanging the wrong man.

    The attention of the police jumps from suspect to suspect, at one point settling on Charles himself. Charles too can't quite make up his mind as to a suspect. Charles is a fun investigator with his effete monocle and unflappable personality. He is especially fond of needling the officer in charge of the case, Chief Inspector Manciple. Charles is ever a witty verbal antagonist, while working tirelessly to unearth the truth. His love life depends on solving the case, since the woman he loves won't look at him unless he saves her brother from a murder charge.

    The actual events on the night of the murder turn out to be a veritable comedy of errors. Lots of people are engaged in dubious behavior involving love affairs, politics and money. The politics feels a bit dated, with its secret agents, spies and communist agitators. But there is a delightful Chinese editor with a secret agenda. He spouts parodies of Confucian wisdom and affects Oriental inscrutability quite shamelessly. His dialog is consistently amusing.

    There are dramatic court scenes with diabolically gifted lawyers, a stressed-out sputtering judge and contradictory expert witnesses.

    First published in 1933, this is an immensely clever mystery -- tricky and witty in the best manner of the The Golden Age. I enjoyed it very much, but I liked Sprigg's Death of an Airman (1934) even better.
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  • rumpole35
    4.0 out of 5 stars An Under-rated author close to his best
    Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2015
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    Author's Socialist bias does not affect an interesting plot. who-dun-it- is a good read not quite up to
    the high standard of Sprigg's "Death of an Airman" yet not disappointing.
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  • L. Blatt
    4.0 out of 5 stars An Invitation to Murder
    Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2013
    The powerful British publisher of the Mercury newspaper, trying to provoke war between England and Soviet Russia, boasts that the only way to avert war would be for somebody to murder him. Which, of course, somebody does. The question then becomes: why was Lord Carpenter murdered? Was it indeed a question of international politics - or was there another powerful motive at work? The police, in the person of Detective Inspector Manciple, ask their questions, collect their clues - and finally fix on a most likely suspect. But Charles Venables, who writes about criminal investigations for the Mercury, is far from convinced. While a great many people have argued, throughout the investigation, that the person who killed Lord Carpenter actually deserves a medal rather than a hanging, it will be up to Venables and other Mercury staff members to work their way through the complexities of this case and come up with a surprising and highly satisfying solution. Originally published in 1933, during the Golden Age of English detective fiction, it's good to have it back in circulation again.
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  • JoeDoeBooks
    5.0 out of 5 stars A contemporary, enjoyable and illuminating read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2018
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    I loved this book. It has a real modern feel and yet it was written over eighty years ago. War is brewing, a media mogul is stoking tensions for private gain, politicians are powerless against his machinations. Aspiration and class division beset the workplace and the shadowy threat of foreign interference muddies the waters. The more things change, the more they stay the same, huh?
    All the main characters are well drawn and complex and the prose has a little of Wodehouse or Waugh to drive it skippingly along. The book even has its own Mycroft, a little explored character with a sharper appreciation of the facts and a greater influence on the events than the main protagonist.
    With more and more mystery writers choosing period settings for their new novels, exploring more than just the behemoths of Golden Age Crime has become a much more relevant exercise but this book is a rare gem, a little- known piece that is more than just an amusing diversion. It’s a contemporary, enjoyable and interesting read.
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  • Politicaster
    3.0 out of 5 stars The goings on in a 1930s Fleet Street office are nicely done, but do not really justify the use ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2015
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    One of those book which starts very strongly and then fizzles out. The goings on in a 1930s Fleet Street office are nicely done, but do not really justify the use of them in what is really a rather pedestrian mystery, and one which ends rather abruptly. It seems that Amazon have chosen the two worst books of this author to make available. A bit of a missed opportunity, that.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Genre Reprints
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 27, 2016
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    Hadn't read a murder mystery for years - tried this one - ingenious denouement - well worth a read.
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  • Mr. David J. Hogarth
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2017
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    A good story, and nicely published.
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  • M. WYNNE-ELLIS
    2.0 out of 5 stars Theoretician goes fictional
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2014
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    Disappointing and very dated, but still a useful read. The versatility of this author was incredible. So sad he hied so young, so tragically.
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