The cask
"Four casks have just been hoisted out of a ship's hold, when the rope sling breaks, sending them crashing back onto the deck. Two of the casks start to leak wine, the third is undamaged, and the fourth is slightly injured, but sawdust rather than wine is escaping from a crack at the end of one of t...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mineola, New York :
Dover Publications, Inc.,
2019.
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| Edition: | Dover edition. |
| Series: | A Dover mystery classics
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| Summary: | "Four casks have just been hoisted out of a ship's hold, when the rope sling breaks, sending them crashing back onto the deck. Two of the casks start to leak wine, the third is undamaged, and the fourth is slightly injured, but sawdust rather than wine is escaping from a crack at the end of one of the staves. This fourth cask is also a different size and appearance from the rest, more strongly made and stained a light oak color. Upon further investigation, the sawdust discloses a sprinkling of gold coins... and the fingers of a hand. Before the cask can be opened, it disappears. Inspector Burnley of Scotland Yard is soon on its track. When he finally locates it, the cask is opened to reveal the body of a young woman, horribly strangled. There is no clue as to who she is, and the only possible place of investigation turns out to be Paris, where the cask was assembled. The investigation is a model of police procedure, and it keeps the reader enthralled. The Cask was first published in 1920 and it is a modern classic, appearing on almost all basic lists of the best detective stories. It has been singled out, along with Agatha Christie's first novel, to mark the start of the Golden Age of the detective story. Crofts' first novel and much his best, The Cask remains a remarkable performance from beginning to end"-- |
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| Item Description: | "This Dover edition, first published in 2019, is an unabridged republication of work originally printed by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc., in 1924." |
| Physical Description: | 281 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780486834412 0486834417 |
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