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Anthony Berkeley

    5 luglio 1893 – 9 marzo 1971

    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.

    Anthony Berkeley
    The Poisoned Chocolates Case
    Before the Fact
    Jumping Jenny
    Malice Aforethought
    Penguin Classic Crime: The Poisoned Chocolates Case
    Gioco Mortale
    • 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

      Penguin Classic Crime: The Poisoned Chocolates Case
      4,0
    • 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.

      Malice Aforethought
      3,9
    • 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.

      Jumping Jenny
      3,8
    • 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?

      Before the Fact
      3,8
    • 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 Poisoned Chocolates Case
      3,8
    • 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!

      The Wintringham Mystery
      3,6
    • 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.

      Murder in the Basement
      3,5
    • 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 Anatomy of Murder
      3,2
    • 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.

      The Wychford Poisoning Case
      3,2