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The British Library
An evocative, 1930s British mystery from the golden age of crime writing; carefully selected and republished by the British Library with an informativ...
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An evocative, 1930s British mystery from the golden age of crime writing; carefully selected and republished by the British Library with an informativ...
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The British Library
An evocative, 1930s British mystery from the golden age of crime writing; carefully selected and republished by the British Library with an informative new introduction. A puzzle in poison as the death of John Waterhouse, ascribed to ‘gastric complications’, is found to be the result of arsenic. Set in the otherwise sleepy (fictional) village of Anneypenny on the Dorset/Somerset border, the local list of suspects is limited and the village is soon alive with theories, fear and divided loyalties. As war looms with Germany, the idyllic village residents must ask themselves ‘who is the positioner?’. First published in 1937-38 as a mystery serial, which challenged readers to compete to solve the murder, modern readers will be kept guessing. Tautly written with ingenious and subtle clues dropped in along with the way the author Anthony Berkeley. The pen name of Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971), Cox is considered one of British crime fiction’s greatest writers.
An evocative, 1930s British mystery from the golden age of crime writing; carefully selected and republished by the British Library with an informative new introduction. A puzzle in poison as the death of John Waterhouse, ascribed to ‘gastric complications’, is found to be the result of arsenic. Set in the otherwise sleepy (fictional) village of Anneypenny on the Dorset/Somerset border, the local list of suspects is limited and the village is soon alive with theories, fear and divided loyalties. As war looms with Germany, the idyllic village residents must ask themselves ‘who is the positioner?’. First published in 1937-38 as a mystery serial, which challenged readers to compete to solve the murder, modern readers will be kept guessing. Tautly written with ingenious and subtle clues dropped in along with the way the author Anthony Berkeley. The pen name of Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971), Cox is considered one of British crime fiction’s greatest writers.
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Paperback
19 x 13cm
254 pages
FSC accredited paper
Originally published in 1937-38, text reflects prevailing attitudes of the time
19 x 13cm
254 pages
FSC accredited paper
Originally published in 1937-38, text reflects prevailing attitudes of the time
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