The Paddington Mystery (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
192
Utgivningsdatum
2019-04-18
Förlag
Collins Crime Club
Medarbetare
Medawar, Tony (introd.)
Dimensioner
193 x 124 x 13 mm
Vikt
142 g
ISBN
9780008333058

The Paddington Mystery

av John Rhode
Häftad,  Engelska, 2019-04-18
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A special release of the very first crime novel by John Rhode, introducing Dr Priestley, the genius detective who would go on to appear in more than 70 bestselling crime novels during the Golden Age. When Harold Merefield returned home in the early hours of a winter morning from a festive little party at that popular nightclub, the Naxos, he was startled by a gruesome discovery. On his bed was a corpse. There was nothing to show the identity of the dead man or the cause of his death. At the inquest, the jury found a verdict of Death from Natural Causes perhaps they were right, but yet . . . ? Harold determined to investigate the matter for himself and sought the help of Professor Priestley, who, by the simple but unusual method of logical reasoning, succeeded in throwing light upon what proved to be a very curious affair indeed. This Detective Club classic is introduced by crime writing historian and expert Tony Medawar, who looks at how John Rhode, who also wrote as Miles Burton and as Cecil Waye, became one of the best-selling and most popular British authors of the Golden Age.
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One always embarks on a John Rhode book with a great feeling of security. One knows that there will be a sound plot, a well-knit process of reasoning and a solidly satisfying solution with no loose ends or careless errors of fact. DOROTHY L. SAYERS in THE SUNDAY TIMES He must hold the record for the invention of ingenious ways of taking life. SUNDAY TIMES John Rhode never lets you down. A carefully worked out plot, precise detection, with no logical flaws or jumping to conclusions, and enough of character and atmosphere to carry the thing along. FRANCIS ILES in the DAILY TELEGRAPH Any murder planned by Mr Rhode is bound to be ingenious. OBSERVER John Rhode well deserves his reputation as a constructor of almost flawless detective story plots. To read any of his tales is a very agreeable intellectual exercise. DAILY MAIL

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John Rhode was a pseudonym for the author Cecil John Charles Street (18841964), who also wrote as Miles Burton and Cecil Waye. Having served in the British Army as an artillery officer during the First World War, rising to the rank of Major, he began writing non-fiction before turning to detective fiction, and produced four novels a year for thirty-seven years. The Sunday Times said he must hold the record for the invention of ingenious forms of murder, and the Times Literary Supplement described him as standing in the front rank of those who write detective fiction. Rhodes first series novel, The Paddington Mystery (1925), introduced Dr Lancelot Priestley, who went on to appear in 72 novels, many for Collins Crime Club.

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