Book description
Eric Crowther knew everybody's secrets, so there was no shortage of
suspects when he was found shot at the White Cottage. Chief Inspector
Challenor and his son Jerry had to look deep into everyone's past -
including the dead man's - before they could be sure who had pulled the
trigger.
With a country house, blackmail and murder, The White Cottage Mystery
has all the making for a classic cozy mystery. Along with Agatha
Christie and Dorothy L Sayers, Margery Allingham is ranked among one of
the most distinguished and beloved detective fiction writers of the
Golden Age . Agatha Christie herself praised Margery Allingham, saying
that out of all the detective stories she remembers, Margerty Allingham
s stand out like a shining light .
Born in London in 1904, Margery published her first novel, Blackkerchief
Dick, at the age of 19. The White Cottage Mystery was her first
detective story, written as a serial for the Daily Express in 1927 and
published as a book a year later.
