'Mr. Anthony Berkeley deserves all gratitude for his energetic
efforts to escape from the thraldom of formula... If you are
hard-boiled and disillusioned about detectives, you will find this
tale very refreshing.' - Dorothy L. Sayers At a costume party with
the dubious theme of 'famous murderers and their victims', the
know-it-all amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham is settled in
for an evening of beer, small talk and analysing his companions.
One guest in particular has caught his attention for her theatrics,
and his theory that she might have several enemies among the
partygoers proves true when she is found hanging from the
'decorative' gallows on the roof terrace. Noticing a key detail
which could implicate a friend in the crime, Sheringham decides to
meddle with the scene and unwittingly casts himself into jeopardy
as the uncommonly thorough police investigation circles closer and
closer to the truth. Tightly paced and cleverly defying the
conventions of the classic detective story, this 1933 novel remains
a milestone of the inverted mystery subgenre.
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