Curiosity Killed the Cat by Joan Cockin
Published: 1949 | Series: Inspector Cam, Book 1
In Joan Cockin's 1949 mystery novel, Inspector Cam investigates the murder of a nosy civil servant in the village of Little Biggling, where postwar tensions simmer between locals and the Ministry of Scientific Research staff who have overstayed their wartime occupation.
About Joan Cockin
Joan Cockin was the pen name of Edith Joan Burbidge Macintosh (PhD, CBE), one of the first women in British diplomatic service. She worked on propaganda during World War II and served in the UK delegation at the first NATO and Council of Europe conferences. She was raised in America, educated at Oxford, and married in India. Her diplomatic career was cut short by marriage, after which she wrote three acclaimed mystery novels featuring Inspector Cam.
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