Scarweather Contributor(s): Rolls, Anthony (Author), Edwards, Martin (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1464207402 ISBN-13: 9781464207402 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Crime |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2016952676 |
Series: British Library Crime Classics |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: With an introduction by Martin Edwards 'My friend Ellingham has persuaded me to reveal to the public the astounding features of the Reisby case. As a study in criminal aberration it is, he tells me, of particular interest, while in singularity of horror and in perversity of ingenious method it is probably unique.' 1913. John Farringdale, with his cousin Eric Foster, visits the famous archaeologist Tolgen Reisby. At Scarweather - Reisby's lonely house on the windswept northern coast of England - Eric is quickly attracted to Reisby's much younger wife, and matters soon take a dangerous turn. Fifteen years later, the final scene of the drama is enacted. This unorthodox novel from 1934 is by a gifted crime writer who, wrote Dorothy L. Sayers, 'handles his characters like a real novelist and the English language like a real writer - merits which are still, unhappily, rarer than they should be in the ranks of the murder specialists.' |
Contributor Bio(s): Rolls, Anthony: - Anthony Rolls was a pseudonym of C.E. Vulliamy (1886-1971), a biographer, soldier and archaeologist of distinction who also wrote ten crime novels, four of which were published during the golden age of British detective fiction between the world wars. |