Publish and Be Murdered: A Robert Amiss/Baroness Jack Troutbeck Mystery

By Ruth Dudley Edwards

Robert Amiss, lapsed civil servant, is approached by Lord Papworth, owner of the Wrangler, to step in as business manager for the august journal and do something about its steady drain on his lordship’s finances. The magazine’s editor, Willie Lambie Crump, and his staff are firmly mired in the 1950s, technologically speaking; ideologically, the journal has always been strongly conservative. Prodded by Baroness “Jack” Troutbeck, his rather menacing guardian angel, Amiss takes on the job and soon has his hands full trying to further the journal’s progress toward the latter half of the 20th century without unduly upsetting the staff. When the political editor, Henry Potbury, is found dead under odd circumstances and Crump is murdered, Amiss discovers once again that trying to keep a job can be a lethal occupation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Release date: May 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781615950645

Ruth Dudley Edwards

Ruth Dudley Edwards was born in Dublin and now lives in London. A historian and prize-winning biographer, her most recent non-fiction includes the authorized history of The Economist, a portrait of the British Foreign Office, written with its co-operation, and ‘The Faithful Tribe’, a portrait of the Orange Order. Three of her satirical crime novels featuring Baroness Troutbeck have been short-listed for awards from the Crime Writers’ Association.

Reviews for Publish and Be Murdered

[tulikangaroo · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Tedious. What kind of murder mystery doesn't kill anyone until more than a third of the way in? To make matters worse, the first third is filled solely with smug political posturing. Apparently Ms. Edwards is a renowned satirist - I'm glad for those who have the patience to wade through this boring drivel, but then, I'm American...