Natural Causes (novel)

Natural Causes is a 1953 comedy crime novel by the British writer Henry Cecil.^[1] It was his fourth novel. As with most of his work it combines Wodehousian humour with a potentially major crime theme.

Natural Causes

First edition
Author	Henry Cecil
Language	English
Genre	Comedy crime
Publisher	Chapman and Hall
Publication date	1953
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

Synopsis

After a senior judge rules against the megalomaniac owner of Clarion Newspapers, Alexander Bean, the angry tycoon seeks revenge against him. He recruits a shady figure to try and blackmail the judge. When the blackmailer ends up dead, suspicion falls on the judge as a potential murder.A subplot also sees him having to preside over a libel case over a disputed Test match selection.^[2]