AN English Murder - Brossura

Hare, Cyril

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060804556 ISBN 13: 9780060804558

Casa editrice: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1991

Riassunto

A classic detective story from one of the best-loved Golden Age crime writers, Cyril Hare, originally published in 1951. The setting of An English Murder seems, at first, to be a very conventional one. A group of family and friends come together for Christmas at a country house, Warbeck Hall. The house is owned by Lord Warbeck, a dying and impoverished peer who wants to be among loved ones for what he thinks will be his last Christmas. The holiday decorations are up and snow is falling fast outside. The guests range from the Lord's difficult son to a visiting Czech historian. There is, of course, a faithful butler and his ambitious daughter. But when the murders begin, there is nothing at all conventional about them - or the manner of their detection. This ingenious detective story gleefully plays with all of our expectations about what an 'English murder' might be and offers enough twists and turns to keep us reading into the night. 'Of Cyril Hare's detective stories my only complaint is, that they are too infrequent.' Tatler

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0060804556
• ISBN 13: 9780060804558
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 173