Smallbone Deceased

A tale of lethal events at a legal firm by a writer acclaimed as “perhaps the best living master of the classic English murder mystery” (The New Yorker).

One of the Crime Writers’ Association’s Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time

One of the Mystery Writers of America’s Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time

Horniman, Birley and Craine is a respected legal firm with clients drawn from the highest of society...