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.
Christopher St John Sprigg Knihy
Christopher St. John Sprigg, známejší ako Christopher Caudwell, bol britský marxistický spisovateľ, mysliteľ a básnik. Jeho dielo sa zaoberá marxistickou analýzou širokého spektra tém, od poézie a filozofie po fyziku. Caudwell sa snažil prehodnotiť tieto oblasti optikou marxizmu, čo sa odrazilo v jeho literárnej práci. Jeho hlavné diela, vrátane rozsiahlej básne 'Illusion and Reality', ktorá analyzuje poéziu, boli publikované posmrtne. Jeho hlboké myšlienky a revolučná perspektíva robia jeho tvorbu stále relevantnou pre čitateľov zaoberajúcich sa spoločenskou kritikou a literárnou teóriou.
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.