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Author | Maurice Procter |
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Language | English |
Series | Harry Martineau |
Genre | Crime |
Publisher |
Hutchinson (UK) Harper (US) |
Publication date | 1954 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Followed by | The Midnight Plumber |
Hell Is a City is a 1954 crime novel by the British writer Maurice Procter. [1] It was the first in a series featuring Chief Inspector Harry Martineau, set in the Northern industrial city of Granchester. It takes the form of a police procedural, and marked a transition away from the traditional Golden Age detective novel. [2] Published by Hutchinson, it was released in the United States by Harper the same year under the alternative title Somewhere in This City. [3]
In 1960 the novel was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Val Guest and starring Stanley Baker, John Crawford and Donald Pleasence. [4]
![]() First edition | |
Author | Maurice Procter |
---|---|
Language | English |
Series | Harry Martineau |
Genre | Crime |
Publisher |
Hutchinson (UK) Harper (US) |
Publication date | 1954 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | |
Followed by | The Midnight Plumber |
Hell Is a City is a 1954 crime novel by the British writer Maurice Procter. [1] It was the first in a series featuring Chief Inspector Harry Martineau, set in the Northern industrial city of Granchester. It takes the form of a police procedural, and marked a transition away from the traditional Golden Age detective novel. [2] Published by Hutchinson, it was released in the United States by Harper the same year under the alternative title Somewhere in This City. [3]
In 1960 the novel was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Val Guest and starring Stanley Baker, John Crawford and Donald Pleasence. [4]