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Antony Maitland #31
Weep for Her
After investigating a puzzling case involving a woman's "suicide," Detective Antony Maitland becomes convinced that one of her friends, neighbors, relatives, or mourners is a cold-blooded murderer
222 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
About the author
Sara Woods
121 books18 followers(Lana Hutton Bowen-Judd)
UK (1922 - 1986)
aka Anne Burton, Mary Challis, Margaret Leek
Born in England, she was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Filey, Yorkshire.
During the Second World War, she worked in a bank and as a solicitor's clerk in London. Here she gained much of the information later used in her novels. Lana married Anthony George Bowen-Judd on April 25, 1946. They ran a pig breeding farm between 1948 and 1954. In 1957 they moved to Nova Scotia, Canada. She worked as a registrar for St. Mary's University until 1964. In 1961 she wrote her first novel, Bloody Instructions, introducing the hero of forty-nine of her mysteries, Anthony Maitland, an English barrister.
Her last years she lived with her husband at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
UK (1922 - 1986)
aka Anne Burton, Mary Challis, Margaret Leek
Born in England, she was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Filey, Yorkshire.
During the Second World War, she worked in a bank and as a solicitor's clerk in London. Here she gained much of the information later used in her novels. Lana married Anthony George Bowen-Judd on April 25, 1946. They ran a pig breeding farm between 1948 and 1954. In 1957 they moved to Nova Scotia, Canada. She worked as a registrar for St. Mary's University until 1964. In 1961 she wrote her first novel, Bloody Instructions, introducing the hero of forty-nine of her mysteries, Anthony Maitland, an English barrister.
Her last years she lived with her husband at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
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July 26, 2022
It' been awhile since I read my last in the "Antony Maitland" series. This one begins with a case of fraud concerning a medium and a customer's suicide. But it wanders afar during the length of the book. I just realized that perhaps part of the reason I like these short, fast reading, novels is that the character of Antony (barrister in London, post-WWII) reminds me a little of Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan.
Oh, the books are nothing alike. But both Miles and Antony often exasperate those around them (including loved ones) because they both get hunches and often seem to act irrationally about a case/situation. But they share a quick wit and the ability to often go against the current flow.
Back to the Maitland series. Each volume deals with a case that often becomes a mystery to be solved. In this way, they are similar to the Perry Mason books and often have both sleuthing AND courtroom scenes.
Written in the late 20th century, this may be harder to find now, but they were part of Doubleday's crime series and may still be in many libraries to borrow. And there are lots (!) of them, so if you like the series and the continuing characters, you'll be set up for awhile.
Oh, the books are nothing alike. But both Miles and Antony often exasperate those around them (including loved ones) because they both get hunches and often seem to act irrationally about a case/situation. But they share a quick wit and the ability to often go against the current flow.
Back to the Maitland series. Each volume deals with a case that often becomes a mystery to be solved. In this way, they are similar to the Perry Mason books and often have both sleuthing AND courtroom scenes.
Written in the late 20th century, this may be harder to find now, but they were part of Doubleday's crime series and may still be in many libraries to borrow. And there are lots (!) of them, so if you like the series and the continuing characters, you'll be set up for awhile.
September 20, 2014
Sir Nicholas' latest client is rather unusual, even for him. She's a medium--a trance medium being prosecuted under the Fraudulent Medium Act of 1951. She's accused of prompting a client to suicide when the message from her dearly departed isn't what she expected. He asks Antony to meet the woman, Mrs. Selden, and give him his opinion.
Antony meets the woman and several others concerned. He wishes his uncle luck in his court case, and that's the end of it. He thinks. But the dead woman's daughter asks him to get involved. She's not convinced that her mother did commit suicide and she wants answers.
Maitland is drawn back into the case, rather reluctantly, and what he finds pits him against the police one more time, and this time, it may prove to be the last.
I enjoyed this book. I wish more of her books were still in print. The plots are interested and the characters are too. I like the glimpse into English court life, and even if I still find it a bit bewildering at times, it's a compelling setting.
CMB
Antony meets the woman and several others concerned. He wishes his uncle luck in his court case, and that's the end of it. He thinks. But the dead woman's daughter asks him to get involved. She's not convinced that her mother did commit suicide and she wants answers.
Maitland is drawn back into the case, rather reluctantly, and what he finds pits him against the police one more time, and this time, it may prove to be the last.
I enjoyed this book. I wish more of her books were still in print. The plots are interested and the characters are too. I like the glimpse into English court life, and even if I still find it a bit bewildering at times, it's a compelling setting.
CMB
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