num_pages: 272
description: Urbane mystery, set in the pastoral reaches of the upper Thames, concerns the disappearance of young heir to a fortune. Insurance company investigator Miles Bredon takes on the case. Delightfully tongue-in-cheek tone, baffling clues, challenging mystery counterpointed by poetic evocation of the river and countryside. Fine novel by author of 10 celebrated "commandments" for writing detective fiction.
language: English
title: The Footsteps at the Lock
titlecomplete: The Footsteps at the Lock
genres: Mystery, Fiction, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 142
series: Miles Bredon
publisher: Dover Publications