Series Title: Inspector Hannasyde / Superintendent Hannasyde
Story Title: A Blunt Instrument
Date of Publication: 1938
Edition: First Edition HC (Hardcover)
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Writers: Georgette Heyer
Characters: Superintendent Hannasyde, Sergeant Hemingway, Ernest Fletcher (the victim), Sally, Neville, Mary, and other members of the Fletcher household and suspects
Key Facts: A Blunt Instrument is one of Georgette Heyer’s highly regarded detective novels from her “Golden Age” crime fiction period. Published in 1938 by Hodder and Stoughton in London, it features Superintendent Hannasyde and the witty Sergeant Hemingway investigating the murder of Ernest Fletcher, who is found dead in his study, struck by a blunt instrument. The story is a classic locked-room-style whodunit with clever plotting, sharp dialogue, and Heyer’s trademark humour and social observation. It is the fourth and final novel in her Hannasyde series and is widely praised as one of her best and wittiest mysteries.
Page Count: 288 pages
Condition: Good blue cloth hardcover with gilt title lettering and black publisher on spine. Foxing on pages, slightly cocked spine and stain on page edges, binding is tight. Please refer to photos for condition
