The Massingham Affair

The Massingham Affair

First edition (US)
Author	Edward Grierson
Language	English
Genre	Crime
Publisher	Chatto and Windus (UK) Doubleday (US)
Publication date	1962
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

The Massingham Affair is a 1962 crime detective novel by the British writer Edward Grierson. ^[1] Grierson based on the story on a real-life case that took place in Edlingham. in the late nineteenth century. ^[2]

Synopsis

Many years before an elderly vicar and his daughter were the victims of a violent robbery. Two local men were arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime. Now, Justin Derry, working as a solicitor in the village decides to reopen the case and exonerate the accused, despite the hostility that ensues from the villagers.

TV adaptation

In 1964 it was made into a television series of the same title, broadcast on BBC Two. The cast included Lyndon Brook, Andrew Keir, Eileen Atkins and Renny Lister. ^[3]

References

1. Reilly p.70
2. White p.172
3. Baskin p.69

Bibliography

• Baskin, Ellen. Serials on British Television, 1950–1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
• White, Terry. Justice Denoted: The Legal Thriller in American, British, and Continental Courtroom Literature. Praeger, 2003.