THEY WOULDN'T BE CHESSMEN Inspector Gabriel Hanaud Title

Edité par Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York,, 1935

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First edition, so stated. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, covers soiled and stained, rear more so than front, now inh a homemade acetate dust jacket. Golden Age mystery combining international intrigue, psychological depth, and classic whodunit suspense. The story opens with Julius Ricardo, a wealthy and fastidious English gentleman, holidaying in France. He crosses paths with Nahendra Nao, the naive young Prince of Chitipur, who is traveling with a legendary, multimillion-dollar rope of pearls. Unbeknownst to the prince, a brilliant but ruthless mastermind named Oliver Trimble has targeted the jewels. Trimble treats the upcoming heist like a Grandmaster playing chess, assigning highly specific, timed roles to his recruited accomplices, including the beautiful but manipulative Lydia Croft and the desperate Scott Carruth. Trimble’s flawless plan relies on his accomplices acting like cold, predictable chess pieces. Instead, human nature takes over. Greed, sudden panic, and unexpected romantic rivalries spark friction among the conspirators. Rather than a smooth, quiet theft, the scheme explodes into violence on the Normandy coast. A chaotic struggle breaks out, resulting in a brutal murder, a frantic double-cross, and the sudden disappearance of both the pearls and key members of the conspiracy. Entangled in the social circle surrounding the victim and the prince, Ricardo immediately contacts his old friend, Inspector Gabriel Hanaud of the Paris Sûreté. Hanaud arrives with his trademark blend of flamboyant charisma, sharp psychological intuition, and meticulous attention to detail. While Ricardo often misinterprets the clues, Hanaud quietly observes the behavior, anxieties, and shifting loyalties of the suspects left behind. Hanaud's investigation leads away from Normandy to a quiet, secluded stretch of the River Seine, where a mysterious houseboat is moored. Recognizing that the criminals are now trapped in their own web of mutual distrust, Hanaud uses their mounting paranoia against them. In a dramatic final confrontation on the water, Hanaud pieces together the exact timeline of the betrayal, recovers the ancestral pearls, and exposes the killer who thought they could outsmart human nature.

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Titre
THEY WOULDN'T BE CHESSMEN Inspector Gabriel Hanaud Title
Auteur
Mason, A.E.W
Éditeur
Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York,
Année de publication
1935
État de l'article
Good
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Type de livre
Book
Reliure
Hardcover
Édition
First Edition.
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Crime Fiction, France, Golden Age, Historical, Mystery and Crime, XBX 61

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