The 4th story of amateur detective journalist Charles Venables, set in an eastern Balkan country Iconia. Charles is sent to investigate murder and intrigue in the court of the strong-willed and bad-tempered Queen Hanna.
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Christopher St. John Sprigg, noto come Christopher Caudwell, fu uno scrittore, pensatore e poeta marxista britannico. La sua opera si dedica all'analisi marxista di una vasta gamma di argomenti, dalla poesia alla filosofia e alla fisica. Caudwell cercò di ripensare questi campi attraverso una lente marxista, il che plasmò profondamente la sua produzione letteraria. Le sue opere principali, tra cui l'esteso poema 'Illusion and Reality' che analizza la poesia, furono pubblicate postume. Le sue profonde intuizioni e la sua prospettiva rivoluzionaria continuano a risuonare nei lettori interessati alla critica sociale e alla teoria letteraria.
A 1930s classic crime novel set in London featuring the amateur detective Richard Venables. A set of unusual characters residing at a residential hotel are under suspicion when the proprietress is murdered.
London 1938 and war is brewing with Russia. It’s brewing primarily due to the agenda of Lord Carpenter, proprietor of the leading newspaper The Mercury, a man determined to bring forward what he sees as an inevitable conflict. As he prepares to publish his coup de grace, a lead story that will make that conflict unavoidable, he locks his employees in the building so that his paper can publish an exclusive in the late edition without his competitors scooping him. And then, as so many future murder victims do in these novels, he isolates himself in his quarters with orders not to be disturbed. Guess what happens to him? He really shouldn’t have kept that extremely sharp dagger on display on his wall…
When an aeroplane crashes, and its pilot is killed, Edwin Marriott is not convinced that it was accidental. In due course, naturally, he is proved right!
A classic English crime novel originally published in 1934. A murder in the village of Great Hake baffles the local police, as everyone appears to have perfect alibis.... This book is the first of four featuring journalist (and amateur sleuth) Charles Venables.