About the Murder of Geraldine Foster: A Golden Age Mystery - Couverture souple

Abbot, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798278090120

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

• ‘One of the most realistic detective novels that has come the way of this reviewer’ New York Times
• ‘A clever first novel of outstanding quality’ Collins Crime Club Panel
• Golden Age of Crime writer Anthony Abbot’s first-ever crime novel, republished here for the first time in almost a century
• This 2026 Spitfire Publishers edition includes a complete bibliography of Anthony Abbot’s crime novels

When Geraldine Foster vanishes on Christmas Eve, New York Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt’s investigation quickly discovers her dead body. The young bride-to-be has been hacked to death and buried naked in a shallow grave behind a bungalow on the outskirts of Manhattan. At the crime scene is a blood-soaked axe, a strong smell of pine needles (but there are no pine trees nearby), and seven dead pigeons. The birds have drunk from the brook running red with the blood of Miss Foster…

About the Author

Anthony Abbot was the pen name of Fulton Oursler, an American journalist, playwright, editor and writer. He wrote ten crime novels between 1930 and 1943. Popular and praised by critics at the time, he is today rather unjustly forgotten figure of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Oursler was also a member of the invitation-only ‘Baker Street Irregulars’, an organization of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts founded in 1934. About the Murder of Geraldine Foster was his first detective novel and introduced New York City Police Commissioner, Thatcher Colt, who would feature in eight of Abbot’s novels. Despite his lofty rank, Colt, born of wealth, family and position, is a hands-on detective, imbued in crime lore but a user of modern methods. Colt’s home featured a poisons room, a weapons ‘chamber,’ where Colt conducted his own ballistic research, and the entire third floor contained his crime library of over fifteen thousand volumes.
After converting to Catholicism in 1943 Oursler wrote the bestselling The Greatest Story Ever Told, the life of Jesus Christ set against a rich and accurate historical background. It sold over three million copies and was made into an Oscar-nominated movie. He died in 1952 in New York City.

Praise for Anthony Abbot

‘In the gallery of detective heroes Thatcher Colt, the suave, debonair and perspicacious police commissioners of New York City, as painted by Mr Abbot is outstanding’ Boston Transcript

‘Anthony Abbot deserves ranking among the best of the mystery writers’ New York Times

‘One of the most important of the “little known” mystery writers… Abbot’s books are distinguished by a wonderful plot complexity. Abbot is good at misdirection.’ Mike Grost

‘There is an authoritative ring about the police procedure in Anthony Abbot’s books which gives them an air of realism too seldom found in detective fiction’ Philadelphia Record

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798278090120
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg