Victim of Circumstance

by Michael Underwood

'Underwood's novels are insidiously hard to put down' Independent

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John Farndon, a teacher at a public school, is bored with his French wife Monique and infatuated with the assistant matron Belinda.

He plans to kill Monique, but from the moment John is about to pull the trigger the action jumps to a trial. But the trial is not John's - and Monique is still alive. John has been shot in the back of the head ...

'Neatly written, convincing' Financial Times

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About the author

Michael Underwood (the pseudonym of John Michael Evelyn) was born in Worthing, Sussex and educated at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1939 and served in the British army during World War Two. He returned to work in the Department of Public Prosecutions until his retirement in 1976, and wrote almost 50 crime novels informed by his career in the law. His five series characters include Sergeant Nick Atwell and lawyer Rosa Epton, of whom it was said by the Washington Post that she 'outdoes Perry Mason'.

ISBN: 9781471908156

Format: eBook

Publication Date: 21/01/2014

Imprint: The Murder Room