The Paradise Mystery A Vintage British Whodunit of Cathedral Close Murder, Buried Family Secrets, and Edwardian Detection
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
19.11.2023
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
128
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.2/0.8 cm
Gewicht
198 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-3347-8
Set in the ancient cathedral city of Wrychester, The Paradise Mystery turns on a death in the "Paradise," the precinct adjoining the cathedral, where antiquity, clerical respectability, and concealed guilt converge. Fletcher constructs the novel as a classic early twentieth-century puzzle mystery: briskly plotted, rich in local atmosphere, and attentive to documents, inheritances, identities, and the telling accident of overheard speech. Its style is plain yet suspenseful, belonging to the pre-Golden Age tradition that helped shape modern British detective fiction. J. S. Fletcher, a Yorkshire-born journalist, historian, and extraordinarily prolific novelist, brought to his crime fiction a reporter's instinct for evidence and a antiquarian's fascination with place. His knowledge of provincial England, legal procedure, ecclesiastical settings, and archival secrets informs the novel's texture. The book reflects the period's appetite for rational detection while retaining Victorian melodrama's concern with lineage, reputation, and buried scandal. Readers who enjoy atmospheric mysteries grounded in old cities, hidden pasts, and methodical investigation will find The Paradise Mystery rewarding. It is especially recommended to admirers of classic British detective fiction seeking a work that bridges sensation fiction and the formal detective novel.
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