The Secret of Greylands - Softcover

Haynes, Annie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911095234 ISBN 13: 9781911095231

Verlag: Dean Street Press, 2016

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Páginas: 230 Géneros: 12:FF:Crime & mystery Sinopsis: &ldquo,There ,s no dirty trick he wouldn ,t play&mdash,it ,s my belief that he wouldn ,t even stop at murder!&rdquo, Her husband unmasked as a scoundrel, Lady Cynthia Letchingham seeks refuge at her cousin Hannah ,s north-country home Greylands. But on Cynthia ,s arrival, she finds Hannah an invalid, having recently suffered a mysterious paralysis, the house is devoid of servants, and Hannah ,s husband, charming and sinister by turns, keeps watch over everything and everyone. Only the presence of charming Sybil Hammond and a darkly handsome neighbour relieve the atmosphere for Cynthia &ndash, but then a dark red stain appears mysteriously on the sleeve of her coat&hellip, What has really happened to Hannah, and the other entangled mysteries along the way, make The Secret of Greylands (1924) an absorbing golden age crime novel matching Wilkie Collins , high Victorian gothic to the agility of early jazz age fiction. This new edition, the first in over eighty years, features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. &ldquo,Not only a crime story of merit, but also a novel which will interest readers to whom mystery for its own sake has little appeal.&rdquo, Nation &ldquo,Full of thrills and unexpected developments.&rdquo, Star &ldquo,A most skilfully written detective story and the mystery is carried through quite brilliantly.&rdquo, Clarion &ldquo,A capital story&mdash,highly ingenious.&rdquo, Truth_,

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“There’s no dirty trick he wouldn’t play—it’s my belief that he wouldn’t even stop at murder!”

Her husband unmasked as a scoundrel, Lady Cynthia Letchingham seeks refuge at her cousin Hannah’s north-country home Greylands. But on Cynthia’s arrival, she finds Hannah an invalid, having recently suffered a mysterious paralysis; the house is devoid of servants, and Hannah’s husband, charming and sinister by turns, keeps watch over everything and everyone. Only the presence of charming Sybil Hammond and a darkly handsome neighbour relieve the atmosphere for Cynthia – but then a dark red stain appears mysteriously on the sleeve of her coat...

What has really happened to Hannah, and the other entangled mysteries along the way, make The Secret of Greylands (1924) an absorbing golden age crime novel matching Wilkie Collins’ high Victorian gothic to the agility of early jazz age fiction. This new edition, the first in over eighty years, features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

“Not only a crime story of merit, but also a novel which will interest readers to whom mystery for its own sake has little appeal.” Nation

“Full of thrills and unexpected developments.” Star

“A most skilfully written detective story and the mystery is carried through quite brilliantly.” Clarion

“A capital story—highly ingenious.” Truth

Biografía del autor:

Annie Haynes was born in 1865, the daughter of an ironmonger. By the first decade of the twentieth century she lived in London and moved in literary and early feminist circles. Her first crime novel, The Bungalow Mystery, appeared in 1923, and another nine mysteries were published before her untimely death in 1929. Who Killed Charmian Karslake? appeared posthumously, and a further partially-finished work, The Crystal Beads Murder, was completed with the assistance of an unknown fellow writer, and published in 1930.

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• Verlag: Dean Street Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1911095234
• ISBN 13: 9781911095231
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 230