The Mathematics of Murder - a Fearne and Bracknell Collection: a Fearne and Bracknell Collection

by Michael Gilbert

A collection of short stories, all featuring the characters from the law firm, Fearne and Bracknell.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

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Born in Lincolnshire in 1912, Michael Francis Gilbert was educated in Sussex before entering the University of London where he gained an LLB with honours in 1937. Gilbert was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association, and in 1988 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America - an achievement many thought long overdue. He won the Life Achievement Anthony Award at the 1990 Boucheron in London, and in 1980 he was knighted as a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. Gilbert made his debut in 1947 with Close Quarters, and since then has become recognized as one of our most versatile British mystery writers.

He was the father of Harriett Gilbert.

Reviews

[Tony · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit of an anticlimax this one, coming straight after I read "The Night of the Twelfth". The stories were just too simple and obvious.