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Superintendent Wilson #8
The Great Southern mystery,
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1931
About the author
G.D.H. Cole
490 books38 followersGeorge Douglas Howard Cole was an English political theorist, economist, writer and historian. As a libertarian socialist he was a long-time member of the Fabian Society and an advocate for the cooperative movement. He and his wife Margaret Cole (1893-1980) together wrote many popular detective stories, featuring the investigators Superintendent Wilson, Everard Blatchington and Dr Tancred.
Cole was educated at St Paul's School and Balliol College, Oxford.
As a conscientious objector during World War One, Cole's involvement in the campaign against conscription introduced him to a co-worker, Margaret Postgate, whom he married in 1918. The couple both worked for the Fabian Society for the next six years before moving to Oxford, where Cole started writing for the Manchester Guardian. During these years, he also authored several economic and historical works including biographies of William Cobbett and Robert Owen. In 1925, he became reader in economics at University College, Oxford. In 1944, Cole became the first Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford. He was succeeded in the chair by Isaiah Berlin in 1957.
Cole was educated at St Paul's School and Balliol College, Oxford.
As a conscientious objector during World War One, Cole's involvement in the campaign against conscription introduced him to a co-worker, Margaret Postgate, whom he married in 1918. The couple both worked for the Fabian Society for the next six years before moving to Oxford, where Cole started writing for the Manchester Guardian. During these years, he also authored several economic and historical works including biographies of William Cobbett and Robert Owen. In 1925, he became reader in economics at University College, Oxford. In 1944, Cole became the first Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford. He was succeeded in the chair by Isaiah Berlin in 1957.
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December 12, 2013
Dusty old (literally) police murder mystery published before the war for a book club.
A man is found murdered, strangled and with coins in his mouth, in his hotel bedroom. Then follows a confusing series of incidents involving the French secret service, wartime (WW1) espionage and a bunch of bright young things solving murder mysteries. Anyone for tennis ?
A man is found murdered, strangled and with coins in his mouth, in his hotel bedroom. Then follows a confusing series of incidents involving the French secret service, wartime (WW1) espionage and a bunch of bright young things solving murder mysteries. Anyone for tennis ?
May 31, 2015
When a hotel guest is found strangely murdered, Scotland Yard has even more puzzles than it can handle. Why did the boots claim that the murdered man was even then downstairs in the lobby having tea? Who was the man? And where was his beautiful English secretary? The list of names found in the dead man's room doesn't help, and even when Superintendent Wilson finds the answer to some of these questions, he's no nearer to the solution of the crime. Not until different pieces share their little pieces of the puzzle can the whole picture be seen--and you'll probably get it before Wilson, who seems a bit off his game.
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