{"product_id":"so-bad-a-death-paperback","title":"So Bad a Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJune Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLucy Sussex\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe return of Maggie Byrnes, heroine of \u003ci\u003eMurder in the Telephone Exchange, \u003c\/i\u003e finds her married, with a young son, and living in an outer Melbourne suburb. But violent death dogs her footsteps even in apparently tranquil Middleburn. It's perhaps not that much of a surprise when widely disliked local bigwig James Holland (who also happens to be Maggie's landlord) is shot, but Maggie suspects that someone is also trying to poison the infant who is his heir, and turns sleuth once more to uncover the culprits. First published in 1949, \u003ci\u003eSo Bad a Death\u003c\/i\u003e is June Wright's second novel, which she originally planned to call \u003ci\u003eWho Would Murder a Baby?\u003c\/i\u003e Her publishers demurred, but under any title it's a worthy sequel to \u003ci\u003eMurder in the Telephone Exchange.\u003c\/i\u003e Novelist and crime fiction historian Lucy Sussex contributes an introduction to this reissue, which also includes a revealing interview she conducted with June Wright in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJune Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-2012) was born in Melbourne, Australia and published six well-received mysteries between 1948 and 1966, when she stopped writing in order to earn a regular salary and support her family after her husband became unable to work. Her novels are characterized by feisty female protagonists and realistic social settings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Sussex\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and story writer (\u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Rider, Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies\u003c\/i\u003e), and also a renowned literary historian (\u003ci\u003eWomen Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction: The Mothers of the Mystery Genre\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700617547839,"sku":"9781891241451","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0bb16720c295902067cdf0372d0b2089.webp?v=1765017456","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/so-bad-a-death-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}