The Cords of Vanity

John Samson #11

by Miles Tripp

Mrs. Huntingdon-Winstanley, an eccentric dowager, hires detective John Sampson to find out what her young husband is doing on his frequent trips to France

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Miles Barton Tripp (1923–2000) was an English writer of thirty-seven works of fiction including crime novels and thrillers, some of which he wrote under noms de plume Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. He served in RAF Bomber Command during World War II, flying thirty-seven sorties as a bomber-aimer. He recorded his wartime experiences in his one non-fiction work, the memoir The Eighth Passenger. After the war, Tripp studied law and worked as a solicitor, and started to write fiction during his spare time. He lived in Hertfordshire, England.