Cyril Hare was the pseudonymn of Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark who was born in 1900 and was the third son of Henry Herbert Gordon Clark of Mickleham Hall, a merchant in the wine and spirit trade in the family firm of Matthew Clark & Sons.
Tragedy at Law, which has never been out of print, and is described as "among the best whodunnits set in the legal world" and as "the best detective story set in that fascinating world." When an anonymous letter arrives for Mr Justice Barber, the High Court judge, warning of imminent revenge, he dismisses it as the work of a harmless lunatic. But then a second letter appears, followed by a poisoned box of the judge's favourite chocolates, and he begins to fear for his life.

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