'Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The inspector tossed for it-and went.'
Chief Inspector Macdonald has been invited to a treasure hunt party at the house of Graham Coombe, the celebrated publisher of Murder by Mesmerism. Despite a handful of misgivings, the inspector joins a guestlist of novelists and thriller writers disguised on the night under literary pseudonyms. The fun comes to an abrupt end, however, when 'Samuel Pepys' is found dead in the telephone room in bizarre circumstances.
Amidst the confusion of too many fake names, clues, ciphers and convoluted alibis, Macdonald and his allies in the CID must unravel a truly tangled case in this metafictional masterpiece, which returns to print for the first time since its publication in 1937.
| ISBN: | 9780712353847 |
| Publication date: | 10th September 2021 |
| Author: | E C R Lorac |
| Publisher: | British Library Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 254 pages |
| Series: | British Library Crime Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic crime and mystery fiction |
'Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The inspector tossed for it-and went.'
Chief Inspector Macdonald has been invited to a treasure hunt party at the house of Graham Coombe, the celebrated publisher of Murder by Mesmerism. Despite a handful of misgivings, the inspector joins a guestlist of novelists and thriller writers disguised on the night under literary pseudonyms. The fun comes to an abrupt end, however, when 'Samuel Pepys' is found dead in the telephone room in bizarre circumstances.
Amidst the confusion of too many fake names, clues, ciphers and convoluted alibis, Macdonald and his allies in the CID must unravel a truly tangled case in this metafictional masterpiece, which returns to print for the first time since its publication in 1937.
These Names Make Clues features in the following genres: Classic crime and mystery fiction
These Names Make Clues is available in Paperback
These Names Make Clues was written by E C R Lorac and published by British Library Publishing
These Names Make Clues has 254 pages
Yes it is part of British Library Crime Classics series
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