Murder in the Maze
About this ebook
Love country estates? Do you like mysteries with unexpected twists and turns? Do you enjoy walking through a maze without knowing where each turn may lead? This long-buried classic masterpiece of secrets and murder by J.J. Connington is for you!
When a suspicious death disturbs a quiet country estate, secrets unravel, suspicions flare, and alibis crack. Sir Clinton Driffield, with his sharp, relentless, and cunning detective abilities, follows the smallest clue and inconsistency to uncover the truth.
This edition features a foreword by award-winning author and critic Paul Di Filippo, who draws compelling comparisons between this classic country-house mystery and Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles, offering a fresh perspective on a Golden Age classic.
Come, enter the maze of mystery and intrigue!
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About the author
J.J. Connington is a pen name for Alfred Walter Stewart. He was a Scottish academic and novelist whose career consisted of both science and literature. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1880. He was a Professor of Chemistry at Queen's University in Belfast.
He produced over twenty detective novels and introduced psychological mysteries with complex plots and puzzles woven into his stories. He created the detective Sir Clinton Driffield, who was a main character in many of his books, including Murder in the Maze. He also dabbled in science fiction and is known also for Nordenholt's Million, which became a classic. He also published respected chemistry textbooks and was a noted researcher; he is credited with introducing the term "isobar" in nuclear chemistry.
