Edition |
First edition, first US trade paperback edition. |
Description |
243 pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
British Library Crime Classics |
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British Library crime classics.
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Note |
Originally published in 1934 by Geoffrey Bles. |
Summary |
1913. John Farringdale, with his cousin Eric Foster, visits the famous archaeologist Tolgen Reisby. At Scarweather--Reisby's lonely house on the windswept northern coast of England--Eric is quickly attracted to Reisby's much younger wife, and matters soon take a dangerous turn. Fifteen years later, the final scene of the drama is enacted. This unorthodox novel from 1934 is by a gifted crime writer who, wrote Dorothy L. Sayers, 'handles his characters like a "real" novelist and the English language like a "real" writer--merits which are still, unhappily, rarer than they should be in the ranks of the murder specialists.' |
Subject |
Archaeologists -- England, Northern -- Fiction.
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England, Northern -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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Added Author |
Edwards, Martin, 1955- writer of introductory text.
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ISBN |
9781464207402 |
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1464207402 |
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