Anthony Berkeley Cox war ein englischer Kriminalschriftsteller, der auch unter Pseudonymen wie Francis Iles und A. Monmouth Platts schrieb. Er war einer der Mitbegründer des Detection Club. Seine Werke befassen sich häufig mit den psychologischen Motiven und moralischen Zwickmühlen seiner Charaktere. Sein Schreibstil zeichnet sich durch ausgeklügelte Handlungsstränge und unerwartete Auflösungen aus.
Preserving a classic, this edition of a century-old mystery features a modern reformatting that enhances readability. The text has been carefully retyped and designed, ensuring that it remains accessible for contemporary audiences. Alpha Editions aims to keep this significant work alive for both present and future generations, emphasizing its historical importance while providing a fresh presentation.
In 1930, Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971) founded London's Detection Club, whose members swore that their "detectives shall well and truly detect the crimes presented to them, using those wits which it may please you to bestow upon them." The Detection Club pledged "never to conceal a vital clue from the reader." Anthony Berkeley's novels and short stories featuring Roger Sheringham and Inspector Moresby are among the finest examples of the fair play, challenge-to-the-reader tradition of the Golden Age. The title story in The Avenging Chance has long been considered one of the greatest formal detective stories. This book also collects all the additional cases of Sheringham and Moresby. This enlarged edition includes - for the first time- the newly discovered short stories, "The Bargee's Holiday" and "Hot Steel." Cover illustration by Gail Cross. Lost Classics design by Deborah Miller. Cover by Christina Luboski.
Tightly paced and cleverly defying the conventions of the classic detective story, this 1933 novel remains a milestone of the inverted mystery subgenre.
Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the founder of the Detection Club, with a twist that even Agatha Christie couldn't solve!
A classic British crime novel from the Golden Age - perhaps the first ever psychological crime novel - by the founder of the Detection Club, marking 50 years since the death of the author.
A novel pairing dark humour and intelligent detection work, this 1932 'whowasdunin?' mystery is an example of a celebrated Golden Age author's most inventive work.
A unique anthology for crime aficionados - seven of the world's most notorious genuine murder mysteries retold by the most accomplished classic crime writers of their generation.
A classic Golden Age crime novel, and one of the first to feature a serial killer. Investigating the disappearance of a vicar's daughter in London, the popular novelist and amateur detective Roger Sheringham is shocked to discover that the girl is already dead, found hanging from a screw by her own silk stocking. Reports of similar deaths across the capital strengthen his conviction that this is no suicide cult but the work of a homicidal maniac out for vengeance - a desperate situation requiring desperate measures.Having established Roger Sheringham as a brilliant but headstrong young sleuth who frequently made mistakes, trusted the wrong people and imbibed considerable liquid refreshment, Anthony Berkeley took his controversial character into much darker territory with The Silk Stocking Murders, a sensational novel about gruesome serial killings by an apparent psychopath bent on targeting vulnerable young women.
Swept away by an admirer's charm, Lina McLaidlaw finds herself settled in a life she could never have imagined. Her husband Johnnie is feckless and irresponsible, and even though she accepts he's a murderer, Johnnie still adores her - doesn't he?
Dorothy L. Sayers, 1893 - 1957, legte als eine der ersten Frauen an der Universität ihres Geburtsortes Oxford ihr Examen ab. Mit ihren mehr als zwanzig Detektivromanen schrieb sie Literaturgeschichte, und sie gehört neben Agatha Christie und P. D. James zur Trias der großen englischen «Ladies of Crime». Schon in ihrem 1923 erschienenen Erstling «Ein Toter zu wenig» führte sie die Figur des eleganten, finanziell unabhängigen Lord Peter Wimsey ein, der aus moralischen Motiven Verbrechen aufklärt. Dieser äußerst scharfsinnige Amateurdetektiv avancierte zu einem der populärsten Krimihelden des Jahrhunderts.
This collection features 42 crime stories by authors such as Margery Allingham, G.K. Chesterton, Edgar Wallace and L.P. Hartley.
A dark and cynically comical psychological suspense novel, with an afterword by Keating Award-winning writer Barry Forshaw.
"Gleich sechs 'Armchair-Detektive' zerbrechen sich den Kopf - und jeder findet eine andere Lösung" Krimi-couch Wer vergiftete die Pralinen, die Mrs. Bendix das Leben kosteten? Chefinspektor Moresby von Scotland Yard kommt in seinen Ermittlungen nicht recht voran. Und auch die sechs Mitglieder des> Kriminalzirkels< zerbrechen sich ihre Köpfe. Am Ende findet jeder eine andere, überzeugende Lösung. Welche ist die richtige?
Případ záhadné vraždy herečky Jeane Norwoodové. Kdy byla zabita, a který ze dvou mužů, kteří zabíjeli, byl vrah a který „zabil“ již jen mrtvé tělo?
Když Daily Courier vyšle svého novináře Rogera Sheringhama pracovně do Hampshiru, je to práce přesně podle jeho gusta. Pod útesy v Ludmouth Bay bylo nalezeno tělo ženy a místí policie případ uzavřela jako nešťastnou náhodu. Přítomnost inspektora Moresbyho ze Scotland Yardu však svědčí spíše o opaku. Sheringham sám nedokáže odolat a vydává se na dráhu detektiva amatéra. Události ho vedou do jedné slepé uličky za druhou...
