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Description edit
Reissue of one of the great puzzle mystery classics of England's Golden Age of crime fiction; plot involves a group of upper-crust amateur sleuths who set out to solve a murder that has baffled Scotland Yard; catnip for fans of Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham
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Characters/People edit
- Charles Wildman: Add a description of this character.
- Roger
- Eustace Pennefather
- Mr. Bradley
- Mr. Ambrose Chitterwick
- Mr. Sheringham
- Alicia Dammers
- Mrs. Bendix
- Mrs. Fielder-flemming
- Mr. Mason
- Moresby
- Mrs. Verreker-le-mesurer
- Lady Pennefather
- Webster
- Sheringham
- Joan
- Hamilton
- Harfield
- Taylor
- Farrar
- Molineux
- Mabel
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 11 in Roger Sheringham. (standard series)
Preceded by The Silk Stocking Murders, and followed by The Second Shot.
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 41 of 98 in The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (Crime Writers' Association, 1990). (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Hollow Man, and followed by A Morbid Taste for Bones.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anthony Berkeley (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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