The Man Who Wasn There - Henrietta Hamilton



The Man Who Wasn't There by Henrietta Hamilton I got to review from Agora Books. It is a book in the series of Uncrowned Queens of Crime and this one is in the series : A Sally and Johnny Heldar Mystery. It starts with an introduction by  Nick Shepherd. The author was his aunt and after her death he and his brother found 13 books never published. Among these four Sally and Johnny Helder mysteries.  The Man Who Wasn't There being one of them. That was a treat to receive as I liked the other in the series, so nice to renew the acquaintance. 

Sally and Johnny are in their cottage when Tim (Johnny's cousin)comes to visit asking for help. He is in love and wants to get married. The problem is that his girlfriend Prue is in trouble, but refuses to tell him what is wrong. She was a secretary for a very unsympathetic employer called Frodsham. He is found shot.

There are many suspects and motives such as blackmail, jealousy and treason. A difficult case and hard for the Helders to find out if Prus is more involved than Tim seems to think.

A well told mystery and it was also interesting to read Nick Shepherd's introduction and learn a little more about the author.

He has listed the Sally and Johnny mysteries in the order he thinks they were written - some I have blogged about:

Death at One Blow 
The Man Who Wasn't There 
A Night to Die
Death at Selden End


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