Answer in the Negative
$25.16
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2026
Summary
Discover your new favourite forgotten female classics with the Mermaid collection - No 7- Henrietta Hamilton’s Answer in the Negative with a foreword by Sophie Hannah
Frank Morningside, assistant at The National Press Archives on Fleet Street, is receiving nasty poison pen letters. His superior Toby Lorn wants to put a stop to it, so he calls on his friends Sally and Johnny Heldar.
Married amateur sleuths, the Heldars agree to go undercover, posing as researchers to scout out …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405991032 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1405991038 |
| Author: | Henrietta Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 18mm |
| Series: | The Mermaid Collection |
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Reader praise for Answer in the Negative * :
A classic whodunnit, well written and engrossing – Reader Review ****
Hugely enjoyable classic crime – Reader Review ****
A gem! – Reader Review ****
About The Author
Henrietta Hamilton
Henrietta Hamilton is the pseudonym for Hester Denne Shepherd, born in Dundee in 1920. She was educated at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, earning an honours degree in Modern Languages. During the Second World War, Hamilton served in the Wrens. Afterwards, she worked in a London bookshop, gaining first-hand experience of antiquarian bookselling - the background of her crime-solving duo, Sally and Johnny Heldar. During her life, Hamilton enjoyed writing and hill-walking. She died in 1995 in Hastings, East Sussex.
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