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Murder Underground brings readers back to the 1930s London Underground, where Miss Pongleton’s death on the stairs of Belsize Park station sends shock through the residents of the Frampton Hotel. Their varied theories and clues—alongside the curious involvement of a terrier named Tuppy—drift the story toward a dramatic arrest. Published in recent years with a new introduction by award‑winning crime writer Stephen Booth, the novel is a celebrated example of the Golden Age mystery genre set against the backdrop of the Northern Line.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Mavis Doriel Hay
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