The Poisoned Chocolates Case (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

Weight:220g

Dimensions:130 x 189 x 18 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《毒巧克力命案》（The Poisoned Chocolates Case）是推理小说史上一部绝不会也不能被遗漏的奇作，其经典之处即在于出现了七重解答。至少，在推理小说发展到现在一百多年的历史里，还没有一部作品在解答方面能像它这样独一无二。

班迪克斯先生把别人寄给尤斯特爵士的巧克力拿回了家，他的太太吃了之后中毒身亡。如此巧合，是谁下的手？为了什么？警方侦办这个奇特的案件，立刻陷入困境。这时，一个由各种爱好推理艺术人士组成的业余社团“犯罪圈研究学会”来帮忙查案，不料其中六位推理迷竟分别找出了六个完美的推理结论。六个不同的结论都能有效解释案情，都能合乎逻辑地“破案”，但真相只有一个……

'All his stories are amusing, intriguing, and he is a master of the final twist' - Agatha Christie'One of the most stunning trick stories in the history of detective fiction' - Julian Symons

Graham and Joan Bendix have apparently succeeded in making that eighth wonder of the modern world, a happy marriage. And into the middle of it there drops, like a clap of thunder, a box of chocolates.Joan Bendix is killed by a poisoned box of liqueur chocolates that cannot have been intended for her to eat. The police investigation rapidly reaches a dead end.

Chief Inspector Moresby calls on Roger Sheringham and his Crimes Circle - six amateur but intrepid detectives - to consider the case. The evidence is laid before the Circle and the members take it in turn to offer a solution. Each is more convincing than the last, slowly filling in the pieces of the puzzle, until the dazzling conclusion.

作者简介

安东尼·伯克莱（1893－1971） 推理小说史上的先知。1922年，他开始创作高水准的古典推理小说，并一手创建了著名的“侦探俱乐部”。在古典推理大行其道之时，伯克莱反而预测：“纯粹以解谜为主，重视情节却忽略人物塑造、缺乏文风和幽默感的传统推理小说时日不多。未来的推理小说，心理成分在吸引读者方面将超过数学成分。”而今，这一预言自是全部命中。1939年，伯克莱宣布停止推理小说的创作，但依然活跃于评论界，直至1971年去世。

ANTHONY BERKELEY was a pen name of Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971), one of the most important figures in the history of British crime fiction. Many of his novels feature the amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham. As well as being the author of many classic detective stories, Berkeley was the founder of the prestigious Detection Club for the finest crime writers.