A Lesson in Dying

Author: Cleeves, Ann

Crime & mystery

Published on 20 June 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Inspector Ramsay' series.

Paperback | 240 pages
198 x 130 x 13 | 172g

Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again.

A Lesson in Dying is the first mystery novel in the Inspector Ramsay series by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series.

Who hung the headmaster in the playground on the night of the school Halloween Party?Almost everyone in Heppleburn either hated or feared the viper-tongued Harold Medburn. Inspector Ramsay is convinced it was the headmaster’s enigmatic wife but Jack Robson, school governor and caretaker, is determined to prove her innocence.

With the help of his restless daughter Patty, Jack digs into the secrets of Heppleburn, and uncovers a cesspit of lies, adultery, blackmail and madness . . .

Continue the classic whodunit series with Murder in My Backyard.