Rhode John Knihy
Tento plodný autor detektívnych románov sa preslávil najmä svojimi dvoma hlavnými sériami. Jedna pod pseudonymom John Rhode predstavila forenzného vedca Dr. Priestleyho, ktorý využíval vedecké metódy na riešenie zločinov, ako napríklad analýzu blata na topánkach podozrivých. Druhá séria, napísaná ako Miles Burton, predstavila amatérskeho detektíva Desmonda Merriona spolupracujúceho so Scotland Yardom. Kritici zaradili autora do „humdrum“ školy detektívnej fikcie, ktorá sa vyznačovala dôrazom na zložité zápletky a hádanky, čím sa podobala krížovkám. Autorov štýl sa sústredil na precíznu konštrukciu záhad a vedecké postupy pri vyšetrovaní.
Anatomy of Murder
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
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. A manipulative murderer who stalked the streets of Paris; a young wife who poisoned her eccentric husband; a bank cashier s mysterious suicide; a brutal double murder in New Zealand Seven of the world s greatest crime writers turn their hand to some of the world s most spine-tingling mysteries all of them astonishingly TRUE. This remarkable collection from the archives of the Detection Club follows The Floating Admiral, Ask a Policeman and Six Against the Yard back into print after more than 75 years, and shows some of the most accomplished authors of their generation retelling real-life murder mysteries with all the relish of the tastiest crime fiction."
Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton and nine other writers from the legendary Detection Club collaborate in this fiendishly clever but forgotten crime novel first published 80 years ago.
Surly London accountant diabolically envenomed: employer disappears. Hanslet, Waghorn, and sedentary Dr. Priestley solve it. Unusually clever murder method, good clue-by-clue plodding Bulldog British sleuthing, and a plenitude of red herrings. This little mystery kept me guessing right to the end. A man is murdered. Who did it? How? A second man vanishes and is presumed murdered. While investigating that crime the police discover even more confusing facts. Who is committing such crimes and how will the police lay their hands upon them? Detective novel written by the prolific author Cecil Street, under his pseudonym of John Rhode. Features Dr Priestley and Jimmy Waghorn.
