The Massingham Affair

1962 novel

The Massingham Affair

First edition (US)

Author| Edward Grierson
Language| English
Genre| Crime
Publisher| Chatto and Windus (UK)
Doubleday (US)

Publication date

| 1962
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print

The Massingham Affair is a 1962 crime detective novel by the British writer Edward Grierson.[1] Grierson based on the story on a real-life case that took place in Edlingham. in the late nineteenth century.[2]

## Synopsis

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Many years before an elderly vicar and his daughter were the victims of a violent robbery. Two local men were arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime. Now, Justin Derry, working as a solicitor in the village decides to reopen the case and exonerate the accused, despite the hostility that ensues from the villagers.

## TV adaptation

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In 1964 it was made into a television series of the same title, broadcast on BBC Two. The cast included Lyndon Brook, Andrew Keir, Eileen Atkins and Renny Lister.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Reilly p.70
2. ^ White p.172
3. ^ Baskin p.69

## Bibliography

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* Baskin, Ellen. Serials on British Television, 1950–1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
* Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
* White, Terry. Justice Denoted: The Legal Thriller in American, British, and Continental Courtroom Literature. Praeger, 2003.

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