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The Notting Hill Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)
Charles Warren Adams
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Description for The Notting Hill Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)
Paperback. The Notting Hill Mystery has been widely described as the first detective novel. The story is told by the insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R___, suspected of murdering his wife in order to claim her life insurance. Series: British Library Crime Classics. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
The Notting Hill Mystery has been widely described as the first detective novel. The story is told by the insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R___, suspected of murdering his wife in order to claim her life insurance. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue, including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.Presented in the form of diary entries, family letters, chemical analysis reports, interviews with witnesses and a crime scene map, the novel displays innovative techniques that would not become common features of detective fiction ... Read more
The Notting Hill Mystery has been widely described as the first detective novel. The story is told by the insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R___, suspected of murdering his wife in order to claim her life insurance. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue, including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.Presented in the form of diary entries, family letters, chemical analysis reports, interviews with witnesses and a crime scene map, the novel displays innovative techniques that would not become common features of detective fiction ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The British Library Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
British Library Crime Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712356268
SKU
V9780712356268
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About Charles Warren Adams
Charles Warren Adams was a journalist, traveller, lawyer and sole proprietor of the firm Saunders, Otley & Co, which published Once a Week, the magazine in which The Notting Hill Mystery was first published.
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