George Bellairs (1902–1985)
Author of Death of a Busybody
About the Author
George Bellairs was the pseudonym of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a prominent banker and philanthropist from Manchester whose popular detective stories were published for nearly forty years. His mystery novels Death of a Busybody and The Dead Shall Be Raised Murder of a Quack have also been show more published as British Library Crime Classics. show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Also wrote four novels as Hilary Landon.
Series
Works by George Bellairs
British Library Crime Classics Collection 10 Books Bundle (Death of a Busybody,Mystery in the Channel,The Methods of… (2016) — Contributor — 7 copies
Choose Your Own Verdict 2 copies
Exit Sir Toby Belch 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bellairs, George
- Legal name
- Blundell, Harold
- Other names
- Landon, Hilary (pseudonym)
- Birthdate
- 1902
- Date of death
- 1985
- Burial location
- Isle of Man
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire, UK
- Places of residence
- Heywood, Lancashire, England, UK
Isle of Man - Education
- Heywood Grammar School
London University - Occupations
- banker
- Awards and honors
- Honorary Masters (University of Manchester ∙ 1959)
- Agent
- John Gifford Ltd
- Short biography
- Bellairs was a pen name for Harold Blundell, who was a banker when not writing.On retiring he moved to Colby on the Isle of Man with his wife. His personal papers are in the John Rylands Library (Univ. of Manchester).
- Disambiguation notice
- Also wrote four novels as Hilary Landon.
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Death of a Busybody (British Library Crime Classics) by George Bellairs
fun read and especially good representation of local dialect
Littlejohn is vacationing in the Isle of Man when a visiting Frenchwoman is killed. First suspicion is that she was killed for the secret to her gambling wins, but later developments lead to France and tales of betrayal of Resistance forces.
Both mysteries good examples of murder in a small town investigated by perceptive detective. In Dead shall be Raised the body of a man believed to have murdered his friend twenty years earlier is discovered. Now the killer of both men must be found after many witnesses and neighbors have died. In Murder of a Quack the victim is a respected alternative healer . Inspector Littlejohn solves both cases through careful questioning and intuition.
have read this before - no idea when
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