Malcolm Warren, a young but valetudinarian stockbroker, is looking
forward to a dull weekend when a telegram summons him to stay with
his capricious old Aunt Catherine, who has shocked the family by
marrying Hannibal Cartwright, a muscular garage owner many years
her junior. Gleeful at the prospect of profit, Malcolm hurries to
her bedside. But when his aunt resorts to her bottle labelled 'Le
Secret de Venus' he finds that, instead of a gilt-edged portfolio,
he is landed with a file of family skeletons. The resulting saga is
retailed with a dry humour that reads as well now as it did on
first publication in 1929. 'Kitchin's knowledge of the crevices of
human nature lifts his crime fiction out of the category of
puzzledom and into the realm of the detective novel. He was, in
short, ahead of his day.' H. R. F. Keating
General
Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Malcolm Warren mysteries |
Release date: |
June 2009 |
First published: |
June 2009 |
Authors: |
C.H.B. Kitchin
|
Dimensions: |
126 x 198 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
252 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-25205-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
|
LSN: |
0-571-25205-2 |
Barcode: |
9780571252053 |
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