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Red Shadow: A Golden Age Mystery

Red Shadow: A Golden Age Mystery - Paperback

by Patricia Wentworth
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Availability:In StockContributor:Patricia WentworthPublish date:2016-06-06Pages:230
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dean Street PressISBN-13:9781911095934ISBN-10:1911095935UPC:9781911095934Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:CrimeSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC8G8NRGT2

"They are letting me say good-bye. I'm to be shot to-morrow. It will be over by the time you get this..."

Laura stood, pale and trembling, in the veiled dress she was to have worn as Jim Mackenzie's bride, and gave her word to marry Basil Stevens, a man she scarcely knew. In his unexpected visit Basil had made three things clear: Laura was the heiress of the great Hallingdon fortune; Jim faced a Soviet firing squad; and only this marriage would save Jim. Why? What was the plot that threatened to destroy him?

It was not until Laura phoned Jim late one night after he had returned to England, half insane with grief, that he had an inkling of the truth about the remorseless power back of it all, and its single, far-reaching purpose. How Jim saves Laura from her fate underlies one of the most exciting mysteries Patricia Wentworth has written.

Red Shadow was originally published in 1932. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

"When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myself--and I always do." Mary Dell, Daily Mirror

Language:EnglishPublisher:Dean Street PressISBN-13:9781911095934ISBN-10:1911095935UPC:9781911095934Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:CrimeSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SC8G8NRGT2
Wentworth, Patricia: - Patricia Wentworth was born Dora Amy Elles in India in 1877 (not 1878 as has sometimes been stated). She was first educated privately in India, and later at Blackheath School for Girls. Her first husband was George Dillon, with whom she had her only child, a daughter. She also had two stepsons from her first marriage, one of whom died in the Somme during World War I. Her first novel was published in 1910, but it wasn't until the 1920's that she embarked on her long career as a writer of mysteries. Her most famous creation was Miss Maud Silver, who appeared in 32 novels, though there were a further 33 full-length mysteries not featuring Miss Silver-the entire run of these is now reissued by Dean Street Press. Patricia Wentworth died in 1961. She is recognized today as one of the pre-eminent exponents of the classic British golden age mystery novel.
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