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Death of an author
"Vivian Lestrange - celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse - has apparently dropped off the face of the Earth. After he was reported missing by his secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author herself, crime and murder are afoo...
| Main Author: | Lorac, E. C. R., 1894-1958 (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Naperville, Illinois :
Poisoned Pen Press,
2024.
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| Series: |
British Library crime classics.
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| Summary: |
"Vivian Lestrange - celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse - has apparently dropped off the face of the Earth. After he was reported missing by his secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author herself, crime and murder are afoot when Lestrange's housekeeper is also found to have disappeared. Bond and Warner of Scotland Yard set to work to investigate a murder with no body and a potentially fictional victim, as E. C. R. Lorac spins a twisting tale full of wry humor and red herrings, poking some fun at her contemporary reviewers, who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to belong to a male author."-- Publisher description |
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| Physical Description: |
238 pages ; 19 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781464216268 1464216266 |