Anthony Berkeley Libri
Anthony Berkeley Cox è stato uno scrittore di romanzi polizieschi inglese, noto anche con pseudonimi come Francis Iles e A. Monmouth Platts. È stato uno dei co-fondatori del Detection Club. Le sue opere esplorano spesso le motivazioni psicologiche e gli dilemmi morali dei suoi personaggi. Il suo stile è caratterizzato da trame complesse e risoluzioni sorprendenti, che lo rendono una voce significativa nel genere.







Penguin Classic Crime: The Poisoned Chocolates Case
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot involves a group of upper-crust amateur sleuths who set out to solve a murder that has baffled Scotland Yard; catnip for fans of Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham
Malice Aforethought
- 336pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
A dark and cynically comical psychological suspense novel, with an afterword by Keating Award-winning writer Barry Forshaw.
Jumping Jenny
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Tightly paced and cleverly defying the conventions of the classic detective story, this 1933 novel remains a milestone of the inverted mystery subgenre.
Before the Fact
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
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?
Graham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that eighth wonder of the modern world, a happy marriage. And into the middle of it there drops, like a clap of thunder, a box of chocolates.
The Wintringham Mystery
- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
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 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.
The Anatomy of Murder
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
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.
The Wychford Poisoning Case
- 240pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
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.
