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Natural Causes (novel)

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Natural Causes
First edition
AuthorHenry Cecil
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy crime
PublisherChapman and Hall
Publication date
1953
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Natural Causes is a 1953 comedy crime novel by the British writer Henry Cecil.[1] It was his fourth novel. As with most of his work it combines Wodehousian humour with a potentially major crime theme.

Synopsis

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After a senior judge rules against the megalomaniac owner of Clarion Newspapers, Alexander Bean, the angry tycoon seeks revenge against him. He recruits a shady figure to try and blackmail the judge. When the blackmailer ends up dead, suspicion falls on the judge as a potential murder.A subplot also sees him having to preside over a libel case over a disputed Test match selection.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Reilly p.278
  2. ^ Wood p.236

Bibliography

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  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • White, Terry. Justice Denoted: The Legal Thriller in American, British, and Continental Courtroom Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003.