British Mystery Multipack Volume 8 - Locked Room Mysteries: The Big Bow Mystery, The Four Just Men, The Invisible Man, The Wrong Shape, The Valley of Fear and The Doomdorf Mystery (Illustrated)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (762 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01106N79I |
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| Number of Pages | : | 596 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Love the turn of the century prose" according to Jeannie. It's nice to have your mind stretched by the intricate sentence structures and eloquent expression of thought that typified this era. At the same time, the political outrages are strikingly similar to modern times, which is both educational and comforting. The mysteries keep you interested while you learn.. Uncommonly Good Assortment of Detective Stories From Around the Early 1900s! With exception of "The Valley of Fear" from the renowned Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (which I've now acquired for the third time and other kindle owners should be able to acquire for gratis) this was a choice blend of P.I. / suspense stories that would set you back even more $$$ were you to try to purchase them separately. "The Four Just Men" by Wallace and "Big Bow Mystery" by Zangwill would already total twice the price if bought alone. Toss in the rare "Doomdorf Mystery" by Post and two of the Father Brown Mysteries by Chesterton which I've been wanting to read for the longest time (and are only avail. dot said British Mysteries. I, in general, love the Holmes and Watson books, and those written in that style.In this series, there was one I didn't enjoy. The wonderful thing is, most are intriguing,and if you hit one that is not, you just skip to the next.For that reason, I really love the series books, and I love mysteries.
He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularizing the mystery of the Mary Celeste. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox." Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first ca
K. The room is empty of all but the murdered man and even upon finding the corpse, it cannot be determined what the man died of. A man is shot with a sawed-off shotgun and disfigured beyond recognition in an impregnable castle, to which the only entrance is sealed. The Invisible Man and The Wrong Shape by G. The Doomdorf Mystery by Melville Davisson PostGuest American author Melville Post's best-known character is the mystery-solving, justice dispensing West Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. The 22 Uncle Abner tales, written between 1911 and 1928, have been called some of "the finest mysteries ever written." The Doomdorf Mystery is one of the best.Includes author image gallery.. There is a trail of bewildering clues—raincoats, dumbbells, a missing wedding ring—and a gripping backstory of a cult that terrorized a valley in the American West. ChestertonFrom Chesterton’s first Father Brown collection, The Innocence
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English writer. K. Drawing on time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialized short stories in magazines, later publishing collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). It has been almost continuously in print since 1891 and has been used as the basis for three commercial films. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularizing the mystery of the Mary Celeste. His family settled in the Clarksburg, West Virginia area in the late 18th century. About the AuthorIsrael Zangwill (21 January 1864 – 1 August 1926) was a British humorist and writer. The Big Bow Mystery was the first locked room mystery novel. . Chesterton, was an E