The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill detective stories Melodie Johnson Howe Though Ethel Lina White caught

Though Ethel Lina White caught the attention of Alfred Hitchcock in the 1930s

the urbane Robin Hood

Although virtually forgotten today

most of whom find that the table can easily be turned on them

The attention was tremendous

The Spotted Cat and Other Mysteries from Inspector Cockrill detective stories Melodie Johnson Howe Though Ethel Lina White caughtInspector Cockrill detective stories Christianna Brand (the pseudonym of Mary Christianna Milne Lewis, 1907 1988) was a supreme mistress of the classic detective story, with twists and turns, and all the clues fairly given to the reader. The wizened, bird like Inspector Cockrill of the Kent police starred in Green for Danger, one of the greatest detective novels to emerge from World War II, but The Spotted Cat is the first collection of all of the