A Murder of Quality

A Murder of Quality

1962 • 158 pages

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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. "Fielding and Jebedee were dead, Steed-Asprey vanished. Smiley—where was he?" John le Carré's second novel, A Murder of Quality, offers an exquisite, satirical look at an elite private school as it chronicles the early development of George Smiley. Miss Ailsa Brimley is in a quandary. She's received a peculiar letter from Mrs. Stella Rode, saying that she fears her husband—an assistant master at Carne School—is trying to kill her. Reluctant to go to the police, Miss Brimley calls upon her old wartime colleague, George Smiley. Unfortunately, it's too late. Mrs. Rode has just been murdered. As Smiley takes up the investigation, he realizes that in life—as in espionage—nothing is quite what it appears.

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10 primary books11 released books

George Smiley

George Smiley is a 11-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by John le Carré and Nick Harkaway.

Call for the Dead
A Murder of Quality
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Karla's Choice: 'Reads like a lost le Carrè' Richard Osman
The looking-glass war.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Honourable Schoolboy
Smiley's People
The Secret Pilgrim
A Legacy of Spies
Un passato da spia

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She had great timing
a letter, a pleading look
her best drama yet.

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