Victor Gunn; crime writer
Victor Gunn, Nice Day for a Murder, 1st edition 1945.
The shown cover is from a 1952 edition published by Collins
The shown cover is from a 1952 edition published by Collins
One must also mention Victor Gunn, the British crime writer. His first story was published when he was seventeen and it is suggested he wrote forty million words in his career. Nice Day for A Murder is a cliched crime story; the characters are all upper-class (Major So-and-so etc.), the settings are Halls and Manors and all ends happily (the hero and heroine are kissing after getting engaged...). The key plot point, which is in Chapter Four and occurs when the main people are at Bassington Hall, is so stupid I nearly gave up reading the book. I persevered as overall the text had enough narrative strength (and snobbery) to make it a fun read.
But the author is not a Gunn; Victor Gunn is one of the noms de plume of Edwyn Searles Brooks 1889-1965. So here we have a Gunn writer who isn't a Gunn at all...
But the author is not a Gunn; Victor Gunn is one of the noms de plume of Edwyn Searles Brooks 1889-1965. So here we have a Gunn writer who isn't a Gunn at all...