num_pages: 203
description: The latest in the series of classic crime novels from the vaults of HarperCollins for the detective connoisseur is the only novel by the Welsh writer R.A.V. Morris.The chance discovery of a young mans body floating in a Sussex stream provides the first clue to the mysterious disappearance of Sir James Lyttleton who sent his daughter a curt wire announcing his departure for America before completely vanishing. But this is no ordinary missing persons inquiry  when Sir Jamess body turns up inside another mans coffin journalist James Dawson and Chief Inspector Candlish of Scotland Yard find themselves on the trail of a particularly ruthless and ingenious murderer.This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by author and editor Douglas A. Anderson whose authoritative books on Kenneth Morris led to the discovery of R.A.V. Morriss true identity.
language: English
title: The Lyttleton Case
publisher: None