The Painswick Line

The Painswick Line
	1958 Michael Joseph edition
Author	Henry Cecil
Language	English
Genre	Comedy crime
Publisher	Chapman and Hall
Publication date	1951
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

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The Painswick Line is a 1951 comedy crime novel by the British writer Henry Cecil.^[1] It was his debut novel and introduced the character of the drunken solicitor Mr. Tewkesbury who recurred in many of his stories.^[2]

References

↑ Breen p.25
↑ Herbert p.116

Bibliography

Breen, Jon L. Novel Verdicts: A Guide to Courtroom Fiction. Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.

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[1] Breen p.25

[2] Herbert p.116

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