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R.C. Woodthorpe Bibliography - A full list of First Edition Books. UK & US First Edition Books in Order. R.C. Woodthorpe Series Character: Matilda Perks - Nicholas Slade. The following bibliography - Checklist contains the author's crime and mystery fiction books listed in order.
Ralph Carter Woodthorpe was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 2 April 1886. After his education he held a number of teaching posts in a variety of schools. He later entered journalism, becoming an assistant to Hamilton Fyfe during the latter's lively editorship of the 'Daily Herald'.
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And who knew that R. C. Woodthorpe’s novel The Public School Murder (1932) may have inspired a copycat murder, when a headmaster at a school in Massachusetts was found murdered in a way that exactly matched the murder from Woodthorpe’s debut?
R.C. Woodthorpe. 4.25. 12 ratings0 reviews. A Matilda Perks Mystery. The English countryside; bucolic, rustic, peaceful. Peaceful, that is, until the body of Douglas Bonar is discovered with its head bashed in.
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R. C. Woodthorpe (1886–1971) Author of Death in a Little Town. 10 Works 49 Members 0 Reviews. About the Author. Includes the name: Ralph Carter Woodthorpe. Series. Matilda Perks. Nicholas Slade. Works by R. C. Woodthorpe. Popular Recent. Death in a Little Town (1935) 13 copies. The Public School Murder (1932) 10 copies.
Bonar’s murder, and the subsequent investigation, would roil the placid surface of the town of Chesworth, for Chesworth, as most such towns, has its share of secrets which people wish to remain buried. There is one person in town, however - the retired schoolmistress Miss Perks - who seems to know all these secrets.
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