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1 online resource (309 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
With "a touch of genius," this round-robin mystery follow-up to The Floating Admiral features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey ( The Times Literary Supplement ). Following the success of The Floating Admiral , in which certain members of the Detection Club -- including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton -- collaborated on a whodunit, six writers pooled their talents to create another coauthored mystery. This time the premise had an added twist: authors would swap their detective characters, allowing for some extremely entertaining parodies of one another's sleuths. When a ruthless British newspaper tycoon is shot dead in his home, the high-level suspects include the assistant commissioner of Scotland Yard, casting doubt on the impartiality of a formal police investigation. As a solution, the home secretary brings in four brilliant detectives to solve the murder: Mrs. Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Roger Sheringham. Featuring a preface by inaugural Detection Club member Agatha Christie, this playful tour de force gathers together half a dozen Golden Age Mystery masters: John Rhode, Helen Simpson, Gladys Mitchell, Anthony Berkeley, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Milward Kennedy. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural.
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Berkeley, Anthony, 1893-1971, author.
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Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.
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Edwards, Martin, 1955-
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Kennedy, Milward, 1894-1968, author.
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Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983, author.
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Rhode, John, 1884-1964, author.
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Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957, author.
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Simpson, Helen, 1897-1940, author.
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Detection Club.
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| ISBN |
9781504058285 (epub) |
| Standard No. |
9781504058285 |
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