Murder In Vienna

The British Library
A republished mystery with a travel-themed twist, from the golden age of British crime-writing. Superintendent McDonald joins an aeroplane of fellow holiday-makers as he pays a visit to his old friend Dr Natzler in post-war Vienna, but his fellow passengers soon become suspects as murder and intrigue impinge upon his enjoyment of Viennese charm and ‘Gemütlichkeit’. From a wealthy industrialist and noted diplomat, to an attractive Secretary, and an angry young man: these and more characters emerge in McDonald’s travels in a city in which even its own residents have dark secrets to hide. A tension-filled tale which evokes the palaces, gardens and war-scarred daily life of Vienna as McDonald’s holiday threatens to become a trip too far. A rarely known mystery from 1952 by prolific crime writer Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958), who also wrote as Carol Carnac.

Paperback
19 x 13cm
237 pages
FSC accredited paper
Originally published in 1956, text reflects attitudes of the time