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Evidence of the Accused

(1961)
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John Waring's life as a mediocre author has little room for excitement.

His poor existence due to his unsuccessful career is sporadically interrupted by his friendship with the wealthy Cheesmans and their friend Stuart Tetley.

When the beautiful Lindy Cheesman is found dead underneath the remains of the bannister in her impressive home it soon becomes clear it was not accidental.

Violently pushed to a gruesome death, Lindy's corpse is found scratched and tainted.

Mark Cheesman and Stuart Tetley are immediately shrouded in suspicion.

Both out on a remote hunting trip at the time of death they only have each other to corroborate their stories.

As the mystery tightens around them John Waring is forced to remain on the edge - a spectator in the incredible steps his two friends will take to avoid conviction.

Evidence of the Accused is an intriguing mystery that will shock, surprise and delight readers in equal measure.

Praise for Roderic Jeffries



'Jeffries' fresh twists and excellent characterizations make any novel by him an exciting reading experience.' - San Francisco Chronicle

'... a stubbornly appealing, believable hero and a neat ironic twist at the close.' - Kirkus Reviews

'A first-rate whodunit turning on the resourcefulness of a country gentleman who exploits the process of the law to delay its action. Author on the top of his legal and social form.' - Francis Goff, Sunday Telegraph

'Tension builds up and there are two exciting court scenes. Roderic Jeffries established a very high reputation for himself in the field of the legal thriller with Exhibit No. Thirteen and Dead Against the Lawyers. Once again he has used a little known quirk of the law, and woven round it an enthralling story of immense intricacy.' - Maurice Richardson, Observer

'The resulting legal intricacies make fascinating reading.' - Hester Makeig, - Spectator

'First-class, smoothly told, fine court scenes and sketches of lawyers entirely absorbing.' - John Clarke, Evening Standard

'The most ingenious of Mr. Jeffries's exercises in legal trickery.' - Julian Symons, Sunday Times

'Good court scenes; very competent.' - Peter Dickinson, Punch

'...is for the mystery story connoisseur and particularly the man who can appreciate this ingenious exercise in legal trickery.' - Police World

Roderic Jeffries was born in London in 1926 and went to sea in 1943. Six years later he left that trade to become a lawyer. He again changed profession to become a writer. Since 1951, he has written over one hundred and sixty novels under his own name and several other pseudonyms. He began his career by writing books featuring his father's character, Blackshirt, a popular detective whose adventures have appeared in print for many decades. In time Jeffries branched out and began to write a variety of mystery novels under his own name and several pen names, including Peter Alding and Jeffrey Ashford.

Genre: Mystery

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