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> Staffordshire in the 1950s. Within the clay tanks at the pottery company Shentall's, a body has been found. Amid cries of industrial espionage and sabotage of this leader of the pottery industry, there is a case of bitter murder to solve for Inspector Hedley Nicholson.\ > Kelly's mystery won the CWA Gold Dagger Award in 1961 for its impeccable sense of place and detail, and for the emotional weight of its central crime. The novel is part of a shift from the cosiness of earlier crime novels to mysteries characterised by their psychological interest and affecting realism. An influential…
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7 editions- Paperback · English · 2020Spoilt KillPoisoned Pen Press · 256 pages · 9781728219974
- Audiobook · English · 1999Soundings · 9781860426513
- Hardcover · English · 1997Chivers North America · 240 pages · 9780745186221
- Hardcover · English · 1990Ulverscroft Large Print · 364 pages · 9780708922231
- Paperback · English · 1982HarperCollins Publishers · 240 pages · 9780060805654
- Other · English · 1999Spoilt KillLittle, Brown Book Group Limited · 240 pages · 9781860494208
Fiction in EnglishFiction, mystery & detective, generalMysteryCrimeFictionBritish LiteratureClassicsHistorical