A Three-Pipe Problem: 1 - Brossura

Symons, Julian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1842329308 ISBN 13: 9781842329306

Casa editrice: House of Stratus Ltd, 2008

Riassunto

Small-time actor, Sheridan Haynes, had a rather unhealthy preoccupation with Sherlock Holmes. So when the chance came for him to play the famous detective in a TV series, it seemed his dreams had come true. And when London was plagued by a series of unsolved murders, well it seemed only natural for him to take his role into real life. Was this a case of a laughable and misguided actor, or was Sheridan actually on to something?

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Informazioni sull?autore

Julian Symons is primarily remembered as a master of the art of crime writing. However, in his eighty-two years he produced an enormously varied body of work. Social and military history, biography, and criticism were all subjects he touched upon with remarkable success, and he held a distinguished reputation in each field. His novels were consistently highly individual and expertly crafted, raising him above other crime writers of his day. It is for this that he was awarded various prizes, and in 1982, named as Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America—an honor accorded to only three other English writers before him: Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, and Daphne Du Maurier. He succeeded Agatha Christie as the president of Britain’s Detection Club, a position he held from 1976 to 1985, and in 1990 he was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers for his lifetime achievement in crime fiction. Symons died in 1994.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: House of Stratus Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1842329308
• ISBN 13: 9781842329306
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 228
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile