Murder, 'Orrible Murder! Grandmaster Award Brittain later forsook mystery fiction

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

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

is one of Canada's most honored mystery writers

and it also includes 2 previously unpublished Grandfather Rastin cases

and the enthusiasm of such discriminating readers as Agatha Christie

Murder, 'Orrible Murder! Grandmaster Award Brittain later forsook mystery fictionQuestion: 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