num_pages: 198
description: Crime novelist Edward Hope has recently purchased Fen Court a beautiful country residence on the Essex marshes. However when he and his friend Nancy Johnson go to visit the new property they find themselves caught up in a real-life murder mystery when three bodies are discovered in the ornamental fish-ponds.Finding himself high on the list of suspects Hope must work in collaboration with Inspector Brews of the local police to unmask the true culprit behind this terrible deed...Originally published in 1930 in Collins's celebrated Crime Club imprint this is a classic British murder mystery from the golden age of crime fiction!
language: English
title: The Essex Murders
publisher: Black Heath Editions