Trent's Last Case - Couverture souple

Bentley, E. Clerihew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486296873 ISBN 13 : 9780486296876

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 1997

Synopsis

"One of the few genuine classics of detective fiction." -- The New York Times. Written in reaction to what Bentley perceived as the sterility and artificiality of the detective fiction of his day -- particularly stories that featured infallible detectives of the Holmesian stripe -- Trent's Last Case (1913) features Philip Trent, an all-too-human detective who not only falls in love with the chief suspect but reaches a brilliant conclusion that is totally wrong.
The case begins when millionaire American financier Sigsbee Manderson is murdered while on holiday in England. A London newspaper sends Trent to investigate, and he is soon matching wits with Scotland Yard's Inspector Murth as they probe ever deeper in search of a solution to a mystery filled with odd, mysterious twists and turns. Called by Agatha Christie "one of the best detective stories ever written," Trent's Last Case delights with its flesh-and-blood characters, its naturalness and easy humor, and its style, which, as Dorothy Sayers has noted, "ranges from a vividly coloured rhetoric to a delicate and ironical literary fancy." New Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When a scheming American capitalist is found dead in the garden of his English country house, two immediate matters confound amateur detective Philip Trent: why is the dead man not wearing his false teeth and why is his young widow seemingly relieved at his death? The newly widowed Mabel Manderson the lady in black has a disarming effect on the refreshingly fallible and imaginative Trent, in this classic detective story that twists and turns as a result of the irresistible combination of ingenious deductions and misplaced assumptions.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The fun of this book lies in the fact that Bentley's shrewd, suave, likeable investigator, Philip Trent, gets everything right but the motive for the murder of a wealthy financier. A love story parallels the murder investigation, and there we too watch Trent leap to the wrong conclusion. The tone of this classic is light, the plot, adroit, and the surprise ending ever so smooth.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0486296873
• ISBN 13: 9780486296876
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italie