Death Is No Sportsman is a 1938 detective novel by the British writer Cyril Hare.Reilly p.730Bourgeau p.148 It was his second novel to feature Inspector Mallett of Scotland Yard.Magill p.842 Written during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, it was published by Faber and Faber.Reilly p.730-31 The sport of the title refers to angling.Murphy p.233
Synopsis Mallett heads out to the village of Didford Magna on the banks of the River Didder, where there is a mania for fishing, to investigate the death of a businessman. The dead man was a member of party of anglers staying at the local pub the Polworthy Arms and it is here that Mallett begins his investigations.
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