Two-Way Murder (British Library Crime Classics)

Lorac, E.C.R.

ISBN 10: 1464215782 / ISBN 13: 9781464215780

Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2022

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It happened on a dark and mistiy night, the night of the ball at the Prince's Hall, Fordings. Abuzz with rumours surrounding the disappearance of Rosemary Reeve on the eve of last year's ball, the date proves ill-fated again when two homebound partygoers, Nick and Dilys, come to a swerving halt before a corpse on the road. Arriving at the scene to the news that Nick has been attacked after telephoning for the police, Inspector Turner suspects there may be more to the case than a deadly accident. It's not long before Waring of the local C.I.D. is drawn into the investigation, faced with the task of unraveling an increasingly tangled knot of misleading alibis and deep-rooted local grievances. Poisoned Pen Press, Softcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2022 THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two-Way Murder (British Library Crime Classics)
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464215782
• ISBN 13: 9781464215780
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Author: E.C.R. Lorac
  • Fiction: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller -- British L...
  • Fiction: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

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Synopsis

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder

It is a dark and misty night―isn't it always?―and bachelors Nicholas and Ian are driving to the ball at Fordings, a beautiful concert hall in the countryside. There waits the charming Dilys Maine, and a party buzzing with rumours of one Rosemary Reeve who disappeared on the eve of this event the previous year, not found to this day. With thoughts of mysterious case ringing in their ears, Dilys and Nicholas strike a stranger on the drive back home, launching a new investigation and unwittingly reviving the search for what really became of Rosemary Reeve.

Written in the last years of the author's life, this previously unpublished novel is a tribute to Lorac's enduring skill for constructing an ingenious puzzle, replete with memorable characters and gripping detective work.

Crime fiction lovers can't miss the classic golden age mysteries published in the acclaimed British Crime Classics series!

"[An] excellent fair-play mystery...this British Library Crime Classic more than deserves that status."―Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review, for Checkmate to Murder, another excellent entry in the acclaimed British Crime Classics mystery series

About the Author

E.C.R. LORAC was a pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958) who was a prolific writer of crime fiction from the 1930s to the 1950s, and a member of the prestigious Detection Club. Her books have been almost entirely neglected since her death, but deserve rediscovery as fine examples of classic British crime fiction in its golden age.