Death Has Deep Roots
Death Has Deep Roots is the fifth novel by the British mystery writer Michael Gilbert. It was published in England by Hodder and Stoughton in 1951 and in the United States by Harper & Brothers in 1952. Noel Anthony Pontarlier Rumbold ("Nap"), a junior solicitor in his father's London firm. Nap had spent four months on dangerous missions with the French maquis in occupied France during the war and is a Lieutenant-Colonel, D.S.O. Also has Inspector Hazlerigg, and other characters from They Never Looked Inside (Major Angus McMann) and The Doors Open (Noel Anthony Pontarlier Rumbold ("Nap"). Nap is the woman's lawyer, and he asks McMann for help. McMann interviews Hazlerigg, who surreptitiously provides him with a name of a person to investigate.
Plot and Title(s)
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Reception
Upon its publication
Style and Contents
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Credibility
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