num_pages: 252
description: Bruce Attleton dazzled London's literary scene with his first two novelsbut his early promise did not bear fruit. His wife Sybilla is a glittering actress unforgiving of Bruce's failure and the couple lead separate lives in their house at Regent's Park.When Bruce is called away on a sudden trip to Paris he vanishes completelyuntil his suitcase and passport are found in a sinister artist's studio the Belfry in a crumbling house in Notting Hill. Inspector Macdonald must uncover Bruce's secrets and find out the identity of his mysterious blackmailer.This intricate mystery from a classic writer is set in a superbly evoked London of the 1930s.
language: English
title: Bats in the Belfry
publisher: Collins Crime Club