The Murder of My Aunt by Richard Hull

The Murder of My Aunt (British Library Crime Classics, #54) (Black Dagger Crime S.)

by Richard Hull

'I should be very much happier if she were dead.'

Edward Powell lives with his Aunt Mildred in the Welsh town of Lywll. His aunt thinks Lywll an idyllic place to live, but Edward loathes the countryside - and thinks the company even worse. In face, Edward has decided to murder his aunt.

A darkly humorous depiction of fraught family ties, The Murder of My Aunt was first published in 1934.

Reviewed by Aidan Brack (Mysteries Ahoy) on

4 of 5 stars

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What I can say is that this is an excellent, if unconventional entry in the British Library Crime Classics collection and well worth checking out if you like darkly humorous stories or the inverted mystery form. Highly recommended.

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