Ne'er-Do-Well

Ne'er-Do-Well is a 1954 detective novel by the English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer), his only work of the genre. Although Richard Chandos narrates, the book is not generally classified as a 'Chandos' title.

Ne'er-Do-Well
1954 dustjacket
AuthorDornford Yates
GenreDetective novel
PublisherWard Lock & Co[1]
Publication date
1954[1]
Media typePrint
Pages222[1]

Plot

Superintendent Falcon investigates the murder of Lord St Amont at the village of Ne'er-do-Well. Much of the story is set in a convent.

Critical reception

Mercer’s biographer AJ Smithers considered the novel to bear the marks of being written by an elderly and not over-robust man, being short on action and concentrating rather on states of mind.[2] It was not a commercial success.[2]

References

  1. "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. Smithers 1982, p. 219.

Bibliography

  • Smithers, AJ (1982). Dornford Yates. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0 340 27547 2.
  • Usborne, Richard (1974). Clubland Heroes. London: Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 0 214 20012 4.
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