The time is 1963. The locations are an English provincial town and London. Lewis Eliot agrees to help his old friend, the lawyer George Passant, with a murder trial. Two lesbians are charged with torturing and killing an eight-year-old boy. As the trial progresses, C.P. Snow brings alive all of the characters caught up in the tragedy.
Details
| ISBN | 9780140031904 |
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| Series | Strangers and Brothers |
| Copyright Date | 1970 |
| Publication Date | October 29, 1970 |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 438 |
| Language | English |
| Notes | Book 10 in the Strangers and Brothers series; first published 1968. Loosely inspired by the Moors murders; the lesbian characters are the murderers. |
| Genre | Anti-queer; Crime; Fiction |
| Subject | English Fiction |