The mystery of the skeleton key
Capes, Bernard, 1854-19182019
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'The Skeleton Key' was the first detective novel published by Collins, ushering in the Golden Age, the Crime Club, and 100 years of remarkable crime fiction that would follow. A body is discovered after a shooting party in the grounds of a country house in Hampshire. The police are called in, and a clever young detective, Sergeant Ridgway, begins to unravel a much more complicated and brutal case of murder than was first suspected. But has he met his match with Le Sage, a chess-playing Baron, who is convinced that the answers lie not in Hampshire but in Paris? After 20 years of writing in various genres, 'The Skeleton Key' was Bernard Capes' crowning achievement, as he died shortly after completing the book.
Main title:
The mystery of the skeleton key / Bernard Capes ; preface by Hugh Lamb ; introduction by G.K. Chesterton.
Author:
Capes, Bernard, 1854-1918, author
Edition:
100th anniversary edition.
Imprint:
London : Collins Crime Club, 2019.
Collation:
224 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780008337278 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912F
LC class:
PR6005.A53
Local class:
MYS Pbk
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2477159