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"The 'impossible situation' here is the best Mr Dickson has given us" - Torquemada in The Observer, 1935

"Sir Henry is at his best in this baffling yarn, and so is Carter Dickson." - The New York Times, 1934

James Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her agent are all here, soon to become so many suspects when Tait is found murdered on a cold December morning in the lakeside pavilion. Only the footprints of her discoverer disturb the snow which fell overnight - and which stopped just shortly after Marcia was last seen alive. How did the murderer get in and out of the pavilion without leaving a trace?

When Bennett's uncle, the cantankerous amateur sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale arrives from London to make sense of this impossible crime, the reader is treated to a feast of the author's trademark twists, beguiling false answers and one of the most ingenious solutions in the history of the mystery genre.

"The 'impossible situation' here is the best Mr Dickson has given us" - Torquemada in The Observer, 1935

"Sir Henry is at his best in this baffling yarn, and so is Carter Dickson." - The New York Times, 1934

James Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her agent are all here, soon to become so many suspects when Tait is found murdered on a cold December morning in the lakeside pavilion. Only the footprints of her discoverer disturb the snow which fell overnight - and which stopped just shortly after Marcia was last seen alive. How did the murderer get in and out of the pavilion without leaving a trace?

When Bennett's uncle, the cantankerous amateur sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale arrives from London to make sense of this impossible crime, the reader is treated to a feast of the author's trademark twists, beguiling false answers and one of the most ingenious solutions in the history of the mystery genre.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: British Library Crime Classics
Inhalt: 272 S.
ISBN-13: 9780712354226
ISBN-10: 0712354220
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dickson, Carter
Carr, John Dickson
Hersteller: British Library Publishing
British Library Crime Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 189 x 128 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Carter Dickson (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,247 kg
Artikel-ID: 121371555