He'd Rather Be Dead (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #9)

George Bellairs

Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
4.00 · 6 ratings · 187 pages · Published: 1945
He'd Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs
The Mayor of the popular resort of Westcombe, Sir Gideon Ware, is no stranger to making enemies.

What was once a quaint little harbour is now miles of level, concrete promenade, and acres of pleasure-beach, embracing every kind of device for human entertainment and sensation. Sir Gideon Ware has put Westcombe on the map through bribes, intimidation and threats.

When Ware drops dead in the middle of his annual lunch, no one is surprised to hear that murder is suspected.

But with so many enemies surrounding Ware, Inspector Littlejohn has his work cut out shifting through Ware’s past to find the likely killer.

Especially with the Chief Constable so keen on covering up vital facts in the investigation.

It becomes clear that Ware was poisoned.

But everyone else ate and drank the same things, and no one appeared to have been near enough to Ware to have done the deed.

Before Littlejohn can get to the bottom of it, a second murder is committed…

Can he crack the case before more lives are put in jeopardy?

Or will the long list of suspects help the killer to get away with it…?

‘He’d Rather Be Dead’ is a classic detective mystery by one of the masters of the genre.
Amazon Other stores
As an Amazon Associate thebooknaut.com earns from qualifying purchases

Tagged as:

    romance tags

    crime tags

    literary-fiction tags

    historical-fiction tags

    fantasy tags

    sci-fi tags

    action-adventure tags

    thriller tags

    horror tags

    Collections/Custom tags

    Report duplicate books, missing or wrong information

    The 'Chief Inspector Littlejohn' series

    3.97 · 93 ratings
    mystery · book · adult · law-enforcement · fiction · crime · classics · literary · cozy · historical · police-procedural · suspense · 20th-century · golden-age-mystery · historical-fiction
    Chief Inspector Littlejohn reading order and complete book list  ❯

    Reviews

    He'd Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs

    Report duplicate books, missing or wrong information