Robert Barnard

Corpse in a Gilded Cage Robert Barnard

Marc Notes: Originally published: New York: Charles Scribners' Sons, 1984.; A Felony & Mayhem mystery--T.p. verso. Publisher Marketing: Perce Spender, a working-class Londoner, is unexpectedly transformed into the twelfth Earl of Ellesmere when a distant relative dies. But he would rather be warming a bar stool in his local pub, and he's taken up residence at Chetton Hall only until arrangements can be made to sell it. Getting rid of the family estate displeases at least one of Perce's greedy offspring, however, and on the morning after a family party the new Earl is found dead. Publisher Marketing: very funny satire of class relations, author better known for his humorous, satirical books like this author lives in UK Contributor Bio:  Barnard, Robert Robert Barnard is the winner of the Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievemetn and the Nero Wolfe Award, as well as the Agatha and Macavity awards. An eight-time Edgar nominee, he is a member of Britain's distinguished Detection Club, and in May 2003, he received the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement in mystery writing. His most recent novel is A Stranger in the Family, published by Scribner in 2010. He lives with his wife, Louise, in Leeds, England.