The Painswick Line
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Author | Henry Cecil |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Comedy crime |
Publisher | Chapman and Hall |
Publication date | 1951 |
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The Painswick Line is a 1951 comedy crime novel by the British writer Henry Cecil.[1] It was his debut novel and introduced the character of the drunken solicitor Mr. Tewkesbury who recurred in many of his stories.[2]
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- Breen, Jon L. Novel Verdicts: A Guide to Courtroom Fiction. Scarecrow Press, 1999.
- Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Categories:
- 1951 British novels
- Novels by Henry Cecil
- Novels set in London
- British comedy novels
- Debut novels
- Chapman & Hall books
- 1950s novel stubs