'Better and better!' cried Verity, chuckling and rubbing his hands. 'A corpse in a blood-soaked room; a locked door and a locked window; a masked man; a beautiful girl trussed inside a wardrobe; and now a pretender to the throne! This is superb!'
The little Sussex town of Amnestie had not known a death so bloody since the fifteenth century. And certainly none more baffling - to all except Mr Verity. From the moment he appears this bearded giant - ruthless inquirer, devastating wit and enthusiastic collector of the best sculpture - has matters firmly (if fantastically) under control. Things are certainly complicated, but this is hardly enough to deter Mr Verity. As he himself observes: 'when the number of suspects is continually increasing, and the number of corpses remains constant, you get a sort of inflation. The value of your individual suspect becomes hopelessly depreciated. That, for the real detective, is a state of paradise.'
| ISBN: | 9780712353465 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 2020 |
| Author: | Peter Shaffer |
| Publisher: | British Library Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 205 pages |
| Series: | British Library Crime Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic crime and mystery fiction |
'Better and better!' cried Verity, chuckling and rubbing his hands. 'A corpse in a blood-soaked room; a locked door and a locked window; a masked man; a beautiful girl trussed inside a wardrobe; and now a pretender to the throne! This is superb!'
The little Sussex town of Amnestie had not known a death so bloody since the fifteenth century. And certainly none more baffling - to all except Mr Verity. From the moment he appears this bearded giant - ruthless inquirer, devastating wit and enthusiastic collector of the best sculpture - has matters firmly (if fantastically) under control. Things are certainly complicated, but this is hardly enough to deter Mr Verity. As he himself observes: 'when the number of suspects is continually increasing, and the number of corpses remains constant, you get a sort of inflation. The value of your individual suspect becomes hopelessly depreciated. That, for the real detective, is a state of paradise.'
The Woman in the Wardrobe features in the following genres: Classic crime and mystery fiction
The Woman in the Wardrobe is available in Paperback
The Woman in the Wardrobe was written by Peter Shaffer and published by British Library Publishing
The Woman in the Wardrobe has 205 pages
Yes it is part of British Library Crime Classics series