Murder, 'Orrible Murder! Grandmaster Award a pickpocket

a pickpocket

Brittain later forsook mystery fiction to become a children’s author

Written mostly during the Great Depression

and the enthusiasm of such discriminating readers as Agatha Christie

" Scrib becomes a sleuth hoping not only to solve the murder but also (often in vain) to feather his own nest

Murder, 'Orrible Murder! Grandmaster Award a pickpocketQuestion: what do a French chef, a Victorian chimney sweep and Aphrodite, goddess of love, have in common? Answer: they are all busy solving murder cases in Murder, 'Orrible Murder! Auguste Didier, a master chef in Victorian London, flits from Queen Victoria's jubilee to the home of the Rightful King of England, pursuing his love of exquisite food while constantly being distracted by murder. Chimney sweep Tom Wasp walks the streets of East London with