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Antony Maitland #30
They Stay for Death
Shrewd barrister-detective Antony Maitland looks into the goings-on at Restawhile Hotel, where the elderly guests are expiring at an alarming rate
- GenresMystery
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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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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December 29, 2016
If you want a quick read for the flight or the beach, or just a snowy winter day, Sara Woods' Antony Maitland series will fit the bill.
Antony, a WWII veteran, is now a barrister in London. However, in his search for the truth and to defend his clients he winds up doing a lot of detective work. Somewhat like a procedural, sometimes a courtroom drama, there's also much of his personal life, family, and friends.
The mysteries are engaging, but not too twisty. Light reads for a change of pace from blood and gore, etc.
Antony, a WWII veteran, is now a barrister in London. However, in his search for the truth and to defend his clients he winds up doing a lot of detective work. Somewhat like a procedural, sometimes a courtroom drama, there's also much of his personal life, family, and friends.
The mysteries are engaging, but not too twisty. Light reads for a change of pace from blood and gore, etc.
January 11, 2016
another reread as I go through boxes of old books, this one from 1980. I've read most of Sara Woods' books, and these don't go anywhere but a good bookshelf.
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