Hell Is a City (novel)
First edition | |
| 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. 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. Published by Hutchinson, it was released in the United States by Harper the same year under the alternative title Somewhere in This City.