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Panella, Vincent

 
9780897334846: Cutter's Island: Caesar in Captivity
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ISBN 10 : 0897334841 ISBN 13 : 9780897334846
Editeur : Academy Chicago Publishers, 2005

Synopsis

All but one of these 28 short-shorts by a pseudonymous master crime writer (really Rupert Croft-Cooke) originally appeared in the London Evening Standard between 1950 and 1956. Most capers cover five to seven pages and focus on plot puzzles; the characterization is deft but stripped to the bone. Ten of the tales feature taciturn, proletarian copper Sergeant Beef; eight more follow the insightful thinking of Sergeant Grebe. Crimes are mostly cozy fare: murders by poison, blunt instrument, or a long walk off a high, remote cliff. The dead are circus midgets, spouses, stingy drunks or quiet neighbors. Justice usually prevails, at least indirectly, as most of the puzzles are solved. In one tale, a husband plots for years to fake his wife's suicide, then she beats him to it and sets him up for the fall. In another, a greenhouse murder is solved by the keen horticultural eye of the esteemed Beef. Though dated, these stories are perfect for readers capable of covering only a few pages before bedtime. -- Publisher's Weekly

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Vincent Panella

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Éditeur
Academy Chicago Publishers
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0897334841
ISBN 13 
9780897334846
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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