A murder of quality - John Le Carr

THE SECOND GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL

Stella Rode has
twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being
the wrong sort, with her doyleys and china ducks, and secondly by being
murdered. George Smiley is asked by an old Service friend to
investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder
her, but as he probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he
uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion.

In his
second novel, le Carr moves outside the world of espionage to reveal
the secrets at the heart of another particularly English institution.
The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with Smiley as master
detective.

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