The Cask - Couverture souple

Crofts, Freeman Wills

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486234576 ISBN 13 : 9780486234571

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 1977

Synopsis

Book by Crofts Freeman Wills

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Freeman Wills Crofts was an Irish mystery author of detective stories during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. At the age of seventeen he apprenticed as an engineer and started working as an engineer. In 1919, however, he had to be absent from work due to a long illness and, during his absence, he wrote his first book, a mystery story that established him as a master of the genre. In 1929 he abandoned his career as an engineer and continued to write, producing many other books, almost one a year for a period of thirty years, in addition to short stories and plays. Although Crofts is best remembered for his detective Joseph French, who he introduced in his fifth book, the first book, The Cask, remains one of his most important works, hugely popular at the time, and considered by many critics one of the best and most important mystery books of all time. In a story that codified the “police procedural,” the book follows the work of Inspector Burnley, a methodical detective of Scotland Yard, as he investigates the case of a cask that, arriving on the London docks, slips and cracks revealing contents that point to murder.

Présentation de l'éditeur

When a cask breaks open in a busy London shipping yard, the discovery of its contents leads to a puzzling case for Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard. As the Inspector begins to trace the mysterious movements of the cask, his investigative procedures bring him to Paris and onto the path of a meticulously plotted murder, one step at a time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0486234576
• ISBN 13: 9780486234571
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italie