Trent's Last Case (1913) is a detective novel by E.C. Bentley.
Adapted three times for the cinema-including a 1952 feature film
starring Michael Wilding, Orson Welles, and Margaret
Lockwood-Trent's Last Case, which was titled The Woman in Black in
the U.S., earned the acclaim of such writers as Dorothy L. Sayers,
and was followed by a sequel and a collection of short stories
involving its main character. When Sigsbee Manderson, a prominent
American plutocrat, is murdered at his country estate in southwest
England, Philip Trent, an amateur detective and freelance
journalist, is hired to investigate the case. Aided by police,
Trent begins his examination of the facts and evidence. Granted
access to the body as well as the grounds of White Gables,
Manderson's estate, Trent concludes his investigation with a series
of interviews. Beginning with Manderson's wife, he uses his
journalistic skill to collect information from the plutocrat's
secretaries, servant, and maid, as well as Nathaniel Cupples, Mrs.
Manderson's uncle and an old friend of Trent's. When the coroner's
report is released, and in coordination with his own research,
evidence suggests that Manderson was murdered due to some unknown
business vendetta. There is reason to believe, however, that his
death could have something to do with his troubled marriage, a
possibility complicated by Trent's growing attraction to Mabel, his
widow. Unable to reach a conclusion, Trent embarks for Latvia to
work as a traveling correspondent, but no matter how much time or
distance he places between himself and White Gables, the questions
and the mystery remain. Trent's Last Case is a masterful detective
novel by a writer whose reputation has unjustly faded over the past
several decades. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of E.C. Bentley's
Trent's Last Case is a classic of English detective fiction
reimagined for modern readers.
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