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Write Me a Murder

by Frederick Knott

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THE STORY: Howard Taubman's comments: Mr. Knott has set his latest beguilement for murder-mystery aficionados in Rodingham Manor, an ancient but rather run-down stately house of England...there are two Rodingham brothers, sons of the lord of the man

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Frederick Knott

7+ Works 608 Members

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Edgar Award (Winner – Play – 1962)

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Canonical title: Write Me a Murder

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Genres: Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS: 812.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American drama in English 20th Century 1945-1999
LCC: PS3521 .N66 .W7 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 1
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Published: 1962
Genres: Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS: 812.54
LCC: PS3521 .N66 .W7

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Frederick Knott

7+ Works 608 Members

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