A Murder of Quality
A Murder of Quality
A Murder of Quality
Author: John le Carré
Published: July 1962
Publishers: Penguin UK Penguin US
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A Murder of Quality

Synopsis

Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder her, but as he probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion. In his second novel, le Carré moves outside the world of espionage to reveal the secrets at the heart of another particularly English institution. The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with George Smiley as master detective.

Reviews
'Beautifully intelligent, satiric and witty'
The Daily Telegraph
Characters
George Smiley
Ailsa Brimley
Stella Rode
Stanley Rode
Terence Fielding
Jane Lyn (Mad Janie)
Tim Perkins
Miss Truebody
Inspector Rigby
Locations
The village of Carne, Dorest
Details
Author: John le Carré
Published: July 1962
Publishers: Penguin UK Penguin US
Available in:
Paperback
Hardback
eBook
Buy a copy from:
UK USA
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