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Violence
Barely any
Mild; 1950s British crime investigation
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
No psychological concerns; classic British crime fiction
What this book is about
Maurice Procter's police procedural features Inspector Harry Martineau of the Manchester CID navigating the city's criminal underworld with the methodical intelligence that made Procter one of Britain's foremost crime writers in the 1950s and 60s. The title, from Hamlet, hints at the theatrical and psychological dimensions that Procter brings to his procedurals.
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