Murder Most Vile

Eric Brown

Mar 2022 · Severn House Publishers Ltd

About this ebook

The search for a missing artist draws Donald Langham and Ralph Ryland into London's criminal underworld with deadly consequences. London. April, 1957. Private investigator Donald Langham is approached by retired businessman Vernon Lombard to find his missing son, Christopher. But what appears to be a simple case of a missing artist becomes far more alarming when Langham realizes there's more to Christopher's disappearance than meets the eye, and then makes a terrible discovery. Meanwhile, Langham's business partner Ralph Ryland's search for a missing greyhound forces him to confront a shameful secret from his own past, with terrifying consequences. Can Langham navigate London's criminal underworld, fascism and deception to track down a killer and save Ralph's life?

Ratings and reviews

Donald Langham is employed to find artist, Christopher Lombard, missing son of Vernon Lombard, known to Ryland's father. But at the farm commune Lombard has not be seen for some time. It would seem that the case is not as simple and straightforward as he hoped. While partner Ralph Ryland investigates the case of a missing greyhound belonging to Arnold Grayson, he meets old associates from the past and his fathers' connection to the British Union of Fascists. Soon a body is discovered. Ryland and Langham investigate, but what could be the motive and will there be more deaths. An entertaining, well-plotted and well-written mystery. With its cast of likable and interesting main characters. Another good addition to the series which can easily be read as a standalone story.

About the author

Two times winner of the British Science Fiction Award, Eric Brown is the author of thirty science fiction novels and numerous short story collections. He writes a monthly review column for the Guardian. He has written five previous Langham & Dupre mysteries, Murder by the Book, Murder at the Chase, Murder at the Loch, Murder Take Three and Murder Takes a Turn. Born in Haworth, West Yorkshire, he now lives near Dunbar in Scotland.