The Piccadilly Murder - Couverture souple

Berkeley, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780021488 ISBN 13 : 9781780021485

Editeur : The Langtail Press, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Berkeley Anthony

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Born in 1893, Anthony Berkeley (Anthony Berkeley Cox) was a British crime writer and a leading member of the genre's Golden Age. Educated at Sherborne School and University College London, Berkeley served in the British army during WWI before becoming a journalist. His first novel, The Layton Court Murders, was published anonymously in 1925. It introduced Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective who features in many of the author's novels including the classic Poisoned Chocolates Case. In 1930, Berkeley founded the legendary Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. It was in 1938, under the pseudonym Francis Iles (which Berkeley also used for novels) that he took up work as a book reviewer for John O'London's Weekly and The Daily Telegraph. He later wrote for The Sunday Times in the mid 1940s, and then for The Guardian from the mid 1950s until 1970. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Once Mr Chitterwick had given his evidence, thus clarifying that the elderly lady's death was murder and not suicide, it appeared a straightforward case. He had seen something being put into the lady's coffee cup, after all. But then friends and relatives of the accused appeal to Mr Chitterwick, claiming him incapable of such a crime. As Mr Chitterwick investigates, doubts begin to surface, until more evidence arises to hint at a more complicated set of occurrences . . .

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The Langtail Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1780021488
• ISBN 13: 9781780021485
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220