Death in High Heels (novel)

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Death in High Heels
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First edition
Author Christianna Brand
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
Publisher The Bodley Head
Publication date
1941
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint

Death in High Heels is a 1941 crime novel by the British author Christianna Brand. [1] Her debut novel, it featured Inspector Charlesworth, a young detective with Scotland Yard, who is called in when a young woman is murdered at an upmarket dress shop in London's Bond Street.

Contents

The same year Brand published Heads You Lose , the first novel featuring her best-known detective Inspector Cockrill, and she did not return to a solo sequel featuring Charlesworth until The Rose in Darkness in 1979. However, Charlesworth did make appearances in the Cockrill novels Death of Jezebel (1948) and London Particular (1952); additionally, the Mr Cecil character reappeared in the Cockrill novel Tour de Force (1955)

Adaptation

In 1947 it was made into a film of the same title starring Don Stannard, Elsa Tee and Veronica Rose. It was produced as a second feature at Marylebone Studios and distributed by Exclusive Films. [2]

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References

  1. Hoffman p.9
  2. Goble p.53

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