These Names Make Clues

This is a new book. Condition: Brand New.

'Should detectives go to parties? Was it consistent with the dignity of the Yard? The inspector tossed for it-and went.'

Chief Inspector Macdonald has been invited to a treasure hunt party at the house of Graham Coombe, the celebrated publisher of Murder by Mesmerism. Despite a handful of misgivings, the inspector joins a guestlist of novelists and thriller writers disguised on the night under literary pseudonyms. The fun comes to an abrupt end, however, when 'Samuel Pepys' is found dead in the telephone room in bizarre circumstances.

Amidst the confusion of too many fake names, clues, ciphers and convoluted alibis, Macdonald and his allies in the CID must unravel a truly tangled case in this metafictional masterpiece, which returns to print for the first time since its publication in 1937.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780712353847
Published: September 2021

Number of pages: 256
Width: 130 mm
Height: 190 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: British Library Publishing