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The Law's Delay Sara Woods Book Club Edition St. Martin's Press 1977 Hardback
Ellen Gray is on trial for murder. She is defended by Antony Maitland, Q.C., and the jury’s verdict surprises both Ellen and Antony.
This murder has been committed in 1965. But it is evident to Antony that its motivation derives from a bizarre double-murder in 1946, when a woman and her lover had been shot dead by a jealous husband returning from the war; at least, that was the historical record.
Antony began to doubt the whole history. He began to think it odd that two murderers should have been found among the same small group, even if the crimes were nearly twenty years apart. So it is on this small group, the tight-knit clique who were friends in the forties, that his attention increasingly falls.
Then Antony Maitland moves from the role of barrister to that of detective, as he has done before. Supported by his wife, Jenny, aided by his friend Roger Farrell (and as always derided by his formidable uncle, Sir Nicholas Harding, Q.C.), he seeks solutions to the murders quite different from past convictions and police thinking. And at last, in a surprising and convincing denouement, he finds an answer.
Book is in good condition. Includes Dust Jacket. Has a small piece of tape at the bottom of the page going over the spine. Previous owner wrote their name on the opening blank page. Small amount of foxing on the page edges when the book is in the closed position. A solid reading copy. Please see photos for details, and let me know if you have any questions.
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