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Overview"""[An] excellent fair-play mystery...this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status.""--Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review On a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. As World War II takes its toll around them, a civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of his characterful sitter, bedecked in Cardinal's robes at the other end of the room. In the kitchen, the artist's sister is hosting the charlady of the miser next door. When the brutal murder of said miser is discovered by his nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the scene, faced with perplexing alibis and with the fate of the young man in his hands. In the search for the culprit, Macdonald and his team of detectives must figure out if one of the members of the studio party is somehow involved in the death, or if some other scurrilous neighbour could be responsible. The British Library of Crime Classics is pleased to revive this clever, classic mystery for amateur sleuths and fans of British historical fiction." Full Product DetailsAuthor: E C R LoracPublisher: Poisoned Pen Press Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.10cm Weight: 0.200kg ISBN: 9781464215094ISBN 10: 146421509 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 23 February 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsPeriod details-the way wartime blackout regulations made any crime at night hard to see, and the fact that no one noticed the fatal shot because people had become so used to hearing explosives-make this mystery especially fascinating. Readers may want to follow up with Lorac's Murder by Matchlight, also set during WWII. - Booklist, Starred Review [An] excellent fair-play mystery... The characters are all well-delineated, and the clues artfully hidden. First published in 1944, this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status. - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review [An] excellent fair-play mystery... The characters are all well-delineated, and the clues artfully hidden. First published in 1944, this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status. - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Period details-the way wartime blackout regulations made any crime at night hard to see, and the fact that no one noticed the fatal shot because people had become so used to hearing explosives-make this mystery especially fascinating. Readers may want to follow up with Lorac's Murder by Matchlight, also set during WWII. - Booklist, Starred Review Author InformationE.C.R. LORAC was a pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958) who was a prolific writer of crime fiction from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a member of the prestigious Detection Club. Her books have been almost entirely neglected since her death, but deserve rediscovery as fine examples of classic British crime fiction in its golden age. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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