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Margaret Beda Larminie, or Margaret Yorke as she became, is one of the most renowned and prolific female British mystery authors. During the Second World War she initially worked as a librarian before serving as a driver for the Women's Royal Naval Service. After the end of the war, she returned to literary pursuits, becoming the first woman to work at Christ Church library in Oxford. Yorke's spell here influenced her only serial character, the Shakespeare-loving, Oxford don sleuth Patrick Grant. She was actively involved in the crime writing community, chairing the Crime Writers' Association between 1979 and 1980. Yorke's novels met with great critical success; in 1993 she was awarded the CWA Golden Handcuffs and in 1999 received the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for an outstanding lifetime contribution to the genre. Her last book was Cause for Concern (2001). She died in 2012.The mistress of unease
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Yorke has an extraordinary feel for the passions that lurk beneath unremarkable facades
SUNDAY TIMES
A star in our galaxy of crime writers
FINANCIAL TIMES
Mistress of the skilfully spun suspense novel
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
A superior example of the mounting claustrophobia school of crime writing
THE TIMES
Like the author, the novels are robust and uncompromising, and displayed sympathy for the underdog ... Yorke practised deception artfully and with style
GUARDIAN
Yorke leads us gently and persuasively to a powerful climax
- Marcel Berlins, THE TIMES
A gripping thriller
PUNCH
Few authors are better than Margaret Yorke in generating a real sense of fear
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
A bank holiday - memorable for murder...
'Few authors are better than Margaret Yorke in generating a real sense of fear' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'A star in our galaxy of crime writers' FINANCIAL TIMES
It's August Bank Holiday, and the great Bramsbourne Fete and Flower Show. But this one is going to be particularly memorable.
Everyone takes part in the preparations, and families gather from far and near. Brigadier and Mrs Trent welcome their daughter Susan, her husband and two children, and their daughter-in-law Elizabeth. Only their son Victor is absent, a sorrow they silently agree not to mention.
Into this carefree scene comes a man on the run. His efforts to evade the tightening police net affect, one after another, everyone in the village. But Brigadier Trent and his wife, and the war-disabled vicar, are more concerned than anyone ...
A bank holiday - memorable for murder...
'Few authors are better than Margaret Yorke in generating a real sense of fear' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH