Jumping Jenny (British Library Crime Classics) - Softcover

Buch 61 von 107: British Library Crime Classics

Berkeley, Anthony

 
9781728267579: Jumping Jenny (British Library Crime Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1728267579 ISBN 13: 9781728267579
Verlag: Poisoned Pen Press, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

"A witty and tricky plot and a genuinely shocking conclusion."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

A mystery dinner theater party thrown by local author with a taste "for rather gruesome humor" requires guests come dressed as infamous killers—Jack the Ripper, Dr. Crippen, and the like. Whatever could go wrong?

Know-it-all amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham settles in for an evening of beer, small talk, and analyzing his companions. Ena Stratton, the host's sister-in-law, catches his attention. Her erratic mood swings and loud, gossipy talk is winning her more than a few enemies amongst the guests. When she's found dead, it's clear that one of the partygoers helped her to an early grave.

Noticing a key detail that could implicate a friend in the crime, Sheringham decides to meddle with the scene and unwittingly makes himself a suspect.

Tightly paced and cleverly defying the conventions of the classic detective story, Anthony Berkeley's dark sense of humor and taste for the macabre drive this 1933 classic.

This edition includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger and Edgar ® Award-winning author Martin Edwards.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

ANTHONY BERKELEY was a pen name of Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971), one of the most important figures in the history of British crime fiction. Many of his novels feature the amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham. As well as being the author of many classic detective stories--including Malice Aforethought under his Frances Iles pseudonym--Berkeley was the founder of the prestigious Detection Club for the finest crime writers.

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Verlag
Poisoned Pen Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1728267579
ISBN 13 
9781728267579
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
255
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