Hell Is a City (novel)
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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 |
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| 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]
