Death Is No Sportsman

Death Is No Sportsman is a 1938 detective novel by the British writer Cyril Hare. It was his second novel to feature Inspector Mallett of Scotland Yard. Written during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, it was published by Faber and Faber. The sport of the title refers to angling.

Synopsis

Mallett heads out to the village of Didford Magna on the banks of the River Didder, where there is a mania for fishing, to investigate the death of a businessman. The dead man was a member of party of anglers staying at the local pub the Polworthy Arms and it is here that Mallett begins his investigations.