Ne'er-Do-Well
1954 detective novel by Dornford Yates
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Author | Dornford Yates |
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Genre | Detective novel |
Publisher | Ward Lock & Co[1] |
Publication date | 1954[1] |
Media type | |
Pages | 222[1] |
Ne'er-Do-Well is a 1954 detective novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), his only work of the genre. Although Richard Chandos narrates, the book is not generally classified as a 'Chandos' title.
Plot
Superintendent Falcon investigates the murder of Lord St Amont at the village of Ne'er-do-Well. Much of the story is set in a convent.
Critical reception
Mercer’s biographer AJ Smithers considered the novel to bear the marks of being written by an elderly and not over-robust man, being short on action and concentrating rather on states of mind.[2] It was not a commercial success.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b Smithers 1982, p. 219.
Bibliography
- Smithers, AJ (1982). Dornford Yates. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-27547-2.
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