Death of John Tait: A Chief Inspector Pointer Mystery - Couverture souple

Fielding, A. E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 193702279X ISBN 13 : 9781937022792

Editeur : Resurrected Press, 2014

Synopsis

When John Tait collapses in front of the house of his step-mother, it is first assumed to be due to a heart attack. But when Chief Inspector Pointer is called to the scene, he quickly comes to suspect poison, a suspicion that is borne out by the autopsy. Pointer finds himself confronted with plenty of suspects, the three cousins who stood to lose a comfortable life by Tait’s imminent marriage, a vengeful Italian woman who has vowed a vendetta against his step-mother, a mysterious young woman who may well be a blackmailer who has insinuated herself into the household. There is also the fact that Tait’s business associate had died the previous day in what might be a case of either suicide or murder. But the case of John Tait’s death will prove to be much more complicated than even these possibilities hint at.

A propos du livre

About the Author

The identity of the author is as much a mystery as the plots of the novels. Two dozen novels were published from 1924 to 1944 as by Archibald Fielding, A. E. Fielding, or Archibald E. Fielding, yet the only clue as to the real author is a comment by the American publishers, H.C. Kinsey Co. that A. E. Fielding was in reality a “middle-aged English woman by the name of Dorothy Feilding whose peacetime address is Sheffield Terrace, Kensington, London, and who enjoys gardening.” Research on the part of John Herrington has uncovered a person by that name living at 2 Sheffield Terrace from 1932-1936. She appears to have moved to Islington in 1937 after which she disappears. To complicate things, some have attributed the authorship to Lady Dorothy Mary Evelyn Moore nee Feilding (1889-1935), however, a grandson of Lady Dorothy denied any family knowledge of such authorship. The archivist at Collins, the British publisher, reports that any records of A. Fielding were presumably lost during WWII. Birthdates have been given variously as 1884, 1889, and 1900. Unless new information comes to light, it would appear that the real authorship must remain a mystery.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Resurrected Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 193702279X
• ISBN 13: 9781937022792
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 270
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible