Murder at School

Murder at School, published in 1931, is James Hilton's only detective novel — written under the title Was It Murder? for the American market. When a boy dies in suspicious circumstances at an English boarding school, a young visitor investigates and uncovers a web of secrets among the staff. The novel combines Hilton's intimate knowledge of school life with a cleverly constructed mystery, and its portrait of the closed world of a minor public school anticipates the more famous Dorvington of Goodbye, Mr. Chips.