A Man Called Jones is a 1947 mystery detective novel by British writer Julian Symons. It is the second novel in his trilogy featuring the Scotland Yard detective Chief Inspector Bland.[1] Symons was critical of the "Great Detective" that features in so many novels during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and demonstrates this in the climatic scene where Bland assembles all the suspects to explain his theory, only to first send them to sleep and then be confronted by the late arrival of a previously unknown character on which the whole puzzle hinges.[2]

A Man Called Jones
First edition
AuthorJulian Symons
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChief Inspector Bland
GenreDetective mystery
PublisherGollancz
Publication date
1947
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Immaterial Murder Case 
Followed byBland Beginning 

Synopsis

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Lionel Hargreaves, son of the founder of Hargreaves Advertising Agency, is shot dead during a noisy office party.

References

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  1. ^ Bargainnier p.203
  2. ^ Priestman p.175

Bibliography

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  • Bargainnier, Earl F. Twelve Englishmen of Mystery. Popular Press, 1984.
  • Priestman, Martin. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • Walsdorf, John J. & Allen, Bonnie J. Julian Symons: A Bibliography. Oak Knoll Press, 1996.