Ordeal By Innocence [Tv Tie In Edition]

Description

Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life - so who did kill her?According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life imprisonmentBut when Dr Arthur Calgary turns up a year later with the proof that confirms Jacko's innocence, he is too late - Jacko died behind bars from a bout of pneumonia.Worse still, the doctor's revelations re-open old wounds in the family, increasing the likelihood that the real murderer will strike again...

Reviews

`Family tensions and suspicions are adroitly handled, and the solution is characteristically surprising'New York Times `Has the particular distinction of presenting a new temporary detective in place of Poirot or Miss Marple.'New York Herald Tribune Book Review