The Painswick Line
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| Author | Henry Cecil |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy crime |
| Publisher | Chapman and Hall |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Painswick Line is a 1951 comedy crime novel by the British writer Henry Cecil.[1] It was his debut novel and introduced the character of the drunken solicitor Mr. Tewkesbury who recurred in many of his stories.[2]
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- Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
