
The White Priory Murders : A Mystery for Christmas
by British Library Publishing- IWUK
Title:
The White Priory Murders : A Mystery for Christmas
Author:
British Library Publishing- IWUK
Series (if any):
British Library Crime Classics
Edited by:
John Dickson Carr
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
272 pages
Publisher:
British Library Publishing- IWUK
ISBN-13:
9780712354226
EAN:
9780712354226
Classifications:
Crime and Mystery
Weight (g):
360
Dimensions (mm):
130 x 189 x 24
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
The 'impossible situation' here is the best Mr Dickson has given us' - Torquemada in The Observer, 1935'Sir Henry is at his best in this baffling yarn, and so is Carter Dickson.' - The New York Times, 1934James Bennett has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, the playwright for her next hit and her agent are all here, soon to become so many suspects when Tait is found murdered on a cold December morning in the lakeside pavilion. Only the footprints of her discoverer disturb the snow which fell overnight - and which stopped just shortly after Marcia was last seen alive. How did the murderer get in and out of the pavilion without leaving a trace?When Bennett's uncle, the cantankerous amateur sleuth Sir Henry Merrivale arrives from London to make sense of this impossible crime, the reader is treated to a feast of the author's trademark twists, beguiling false answers and one of the most ingenious solutions in the history of the mystery genre.






























