{"product_id":"9781899000449-in-memory-of-charles","title":"In Memory of Charles","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharles Courtley has uprooted his family to East Anglia, where his cruel and intolerant behavour alienates everone around him.  When Charles is shot dead in the woods, immediate clues lead to one suspect, but additional deaths widen the net.  A 1940s fictional whodunnit based on a real murder case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles was in a vile temper and Anne was catching the full benefit of it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Courtley is a difficult man. Prone to violent outbursts and a bully to his wife and daughters, he has uprooted the family from London to an old manor house in remote East Anglia. Spoilt by his growing wealth and increasingly intolerant of any dissent, Charles enjoys controlling everyone around him. His family, his employees and even the locals - banned from using the traditional footpaths on his forested estate - have multiple reasons to bear a grudge. When Charles is shot dead in a woodland clearing, evidence from an unreliable witness points to Courtley’s secretary, but he has a cast iron alibi and the resulting trial ends in an acquital. A year later, a seemingly innocent death and an odd cenotaph leads Chief Inspector Simon Sturt to reconsider the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDorothy Erskine Muir (1889–1977) was one of seventeen children of John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich. She attended Oxford, worked as an academic tutor, and began writing professionally to supplement the family income after the unexpected death of her husband in 1932. Muir published historical biographies and local histories, as well as three accomplished detective novels: \u003cem\u003eIn Muffled\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNight\u003c\/em\u003e (1933), \u003cem\u003eFive to Five\u003c\/em\u003e (1934) and \u003cem\u003eIn Memory of Charles\u003c\/em\u003e (1941). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449790706038,"sku":"9781899000449","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26303756.jpg?v=1760446704","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781899000449-in-memory-of-charles","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}