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The Notting Hill Mystery

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Availability:In StockContributor:Charles Warren AdamsSeries:British Library Crime ClassicsPublish date:2015-08-04Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Poisoned Pen PressISBN-13:9781464204807ISBN-10:1464204802UPC:9781464204807Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, CrimeBook Topic:Traditional, HistoricalSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCTWZADG5N

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

"The book is both utterly of its time and utterly ahead of it." --New York Times Book Review

The Notting Hill Mystery was first published between 1862 and 1863 as an eight-part serial in the magazine Once a Week. Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel, the story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R--, who is suspected of murdering his wife. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.

Presented in the form of diary entries, letters, chemical analysis reports, interviews with witnesses and a crime scene map, the novel displays innovative techniques that would not become common features of detective fiction until the 1920s.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Poisoned Pen PressISBN-13:9781464204807ISBN-10:1464204802UPC:9781464204807Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Mystery & Detective, CrimeBook Topic:Traditional, HistoricalSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCTWZADG5N

CHARLES WARREN ADAMS was a journalist, traveller, lawyer and sole proprietor of the firm Saunders, Otley & Co, which published Once a Week, the magazine in which The Notting Hill Mystery was first published.


Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

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