Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery

by E.C.R. Lorac

Book Overview

"[An] excellent fair-play mystery...this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review

On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout.

As World War II takes its toll around them, a civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146421509X
• ISBN13: 9781464215094
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"