Dead men rise up never

by Christopher Landon

Dead Men Rise Up A Novel of Suspense by Christopher Landon, William Sloane Associates, New York, Second (2nd) Printing April 1963. This is a Collectible Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket. This book has the black dust jacket with the the five colors of Ocean and purple sky with The Mansion on the cliffs. The dust jacket has been placed in an archival, clear Mylar jacket for further protection and preservation. The contents of the package Harry Andrews received were not dramatic - just the typed copy of a short novel and a covering letter asking Andrews as a close friend of the late Colin Headly to deliver the manuscript to Headly's publishers. It was only after Andrews was halfway through the story that he felt the first surge of panic. The book was clearly an indictment. Headly was saying in terms explicit to anyone who knew him that he had been murdered; that his wife had poisoned him. To Andrews, the disclosure was a double shock - he had been in love with Mrs. Headly for years... So begins this absorbing story - combining fine character study and mood; and drawing atmosphere from the lonely, wild lake region of Ireland, the crowded excitement of a Spanish fiesta, the bewigged dignity of the British courts. I read this book Cover-to Cover. I could Not Put it Down! It Totally caught me off guard!

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Landon was born in West Byfleet, Surrey. His father was a stockjobber of Huguenot descent and he was a distant cousin of the author Perceval Landon. He was educated at Lancing College and Cambridge University. He studied medicine.

Christopher Landon served with the 51st Field Ambulance in North Africa during the Second World War and with the 1st S.A. Division. He ended the war with the rank of Major in the Royal Army Service Corps.

After the war he wrote several novels including: A Flag in the City (1953), his first novel which was about WWII British intelligence in Teheran and their plans to destroy Germany's fifth column operations in Persia; Stone Cold Dead in the Market; Hornet's Nest; Dead Men Rise Up Never; and Unseen Enemy (aka The Shadow of Time).

He died of accidental alcohol and barbiturate poisoning at his home in Frognal in 1961, leaving a wife and three children.

Reviews

[Gary Cupitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Class, addiction, dishonour, betrayal and love all wrapped up nicely in a public school friendship and how it evolves outside of the institution. This sort of shenanigans just wouldn't happen in your common or garden comprehensive school. Well it damn well didn't in mine