Castle Skull: A Rhineland Mystery (British Library Crime Classics)

基本信息

Series:British Library Crime Classics

Format:Paperback / softback 240 pages

Publisher:British Library Publishing

Imprint:British Library Publishing

ISBN:9780712353267

Published:10 Jan 2020

Classifications:Crime & mystery, Classic crime

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:220g

Dimensions:130 x 189 x 18 (mm)

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书籍简介

'That is the case. Alison has been murdered. His blazing body was seen running about the battlements of Castle Skull.'And so a dark shadow looms over the Rhineland where Inspector Henri Bencolin and his accomplice Jeff Marle have arrived from Paris.

Entreated by the Belgian financier D'Aunay to investigate the gruesome and grimly theatrical death of actor Myron Alison, the pair find themselves at the imposing hilltop fortress Schloss Schadel, in which a small group of suspects are still assembled. As thunder rolls in the distance, Bencolin and Marle enter a world steeped in macabre legends of murder and magic to catch the killer still walking the maze-like passages and towers of the keep. This new edition of John Dickson Carr's spirited and deeply atmospheric early novel also features the rare Inspector Bencolin short story 'The Fourth Suspect'.

作者简介

约翰·迪克森·卡尔（John Dickson Carr，1906年11月30日—1977年2月27日），美籍推理小说家。卡尔是推理小说黄金时期一位重要作家，和阿加莎·克里斯蒂、艾勒里·奎因并称“黄金时期三巨头”。他独以密室题材的构思见长，一生共设计出五十余种不同类型的密室，故有“密室推理之王”的美誉。1963年，美国推理作家协会（简称MWA）一致同意向卡尔颁发“终身大师奖”，这是推理界最高的荣誉。他的代表作有：《三口棺材》、《犹大之窗》、《歪曲的枢纽》、《燃烧的法庭》等。

John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) was a hugely popular and prolific author of crime fiction, regarded as one of the finest writers of 'Golden Age' mysteries. Though born in Pennsylvania, USA, Carr developed a distinctly 'British' style to his mystery writing from his time in England and became one of only two Americans ever admitted to the Detection Club.