The scene is a fashionable French seaside resort; the witness, Eve Neill, is looking out of her window in the early hours of the morning when she sees the battered body of her prospective father-in-law in the room opposite. By Eve's side is her ex-husband, who has attempted to force his unwelcome attentions on her. How can Eve tell the police what she saw when disclosing whom she was with might jeopardise her own impending marriage? Suspicion falls on casual thieves, on the family and on various acquaintances, but the complicated 'locked-room' case is eventually solved by Dr Dermot Kinross, a detective who becomes emotionally involved ...
| ISBN: | 9781471905278 |
| Publication date: | 19th December 2013 |
| Author: | John Dickson Carr |
| Publisher: | The Murder Room |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 184 pages |
| Series: | Murder Room |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Classic crime and mystery fiction |
The scene is a fashionable French seaside resort; the witness, Eve Neill, is looking out of her window in the early hours of the morning when she sees the battered body of her prospective father-in-law in the room opposite. By Eve's side is her ex-husband, who has attempted to force his unwelcome attentions on her. How can Eve tell the police what she saw when disclosing whom she was with might jeopardise her own impending marriage? Suspicion falls on casual thieves, on the family and on various acquaintances, but the complicated 'locked-room' case is eventually solved by Dr Dermot Kinross, a detective who becomes emotionally involved ...
The Emperor's Snuff-Box features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Classic crime and mystery fiction
The Emperor's Snuff-Box is available in Paperback
The Emperor's Snuff-Box was written by John Dickson Carr and published by The Murder Room
The Emperor's Snuff-Box has 184 pages
Yes it is part of Murder Room series