The Lake District Murder is a 1935 detective novel by the British writer John Bude. [1] [2] It is the first in a series of novels featuring Chief Inspector Meredith, promoted at the end of case to Superintendent. Set in the Lake District of Northern England, it shows the influence of Freeman Wills Crofts's Inspector French novels by featuring a detective who methodically breaks down the alibis of his suspects. In 2014 it was reissued by the British Library Publishing as part of a group of republished crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Emma was really scared but I was okay really, I even told Emma what we would have to do if he came in. I mentioned that we would have to turn the tables on their sides, and then worked out an escape route.' Victoria Coren Mitchell, 51, reveals she's given birth to her second child with her comedian husband David,... King Charles nearly takes a tumble as he trips on artificial grass (before keeping calm and putting on his sunglasses) during visit to Kenya with Camilla Denise Richards reveals she is trying to talk daughter Sami Sheen, 19, out of getting breast implants because she regrets her own: 'They're toxic'

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MAFS UK viewers urge Paul to 'run' from 'toxic' Tasha as she offers 'fake' apology for their heated row - as fans query why the argument wasn't aired Fans of the British village mystery who are very particular about setting should trek to The Cipher Garden.’ Selma Blair admits it was 'very hard' becoming a mother amid MS diagnosis as she covers Glamour's Women Of The Year The Lake District Murder is as fair as a mystery novel can be. Every clue is known to us, we are privy to the deductive reasoning and even the inferences that Inspector Meredith and his superiors employ. Nothing is hidden which gives the story a plodding feel from time to time, though you could call it verisimilitude to the actual process of investigation which can be tedious and painstaking. There is overwhelming detail, for example, of the process of investigating shipments and deliveries. Perhaps because readers in 1935 had not seen several hundred hours of television dramas, every single step of the operation was explained.

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