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Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1987. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Murder at the Pageant (Dover Mystery Classics) by Whitechurch, Victor L - 1987
by Whitechurch, Victor L
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Murder at the Pageant (Dover Mystery Classics)
by Whitechurch, Victor L
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Mineola, New York, U.S.A.: Dover Pubns, 1987. 1st printing. A near fine copy of this trade paperback in the Dover Mystery Classic series. The pageant was held, amid great ceremony and pomp, at Frimley Manor, and it featured the reenactment of Queen Anne's visit to the great country estate in 1705. Visitors flocked to see the lavishly costumed affair, especially the ritual carrying of Queen Anne in a sedan chair from the entrance gate of the estate to the front steps of the great house. Mrs. Cresswell, a guest of Sir Harry Lynwood, Lord of Frimley Manor, grandly impersonated the Queen, dazzling the crowd with her spectacular pearl necklace. But her performance in the sedan chair would soon be upstaged. In the dead of night, under an eerily fading moon, the chair would be discovered with a new occupant: a dying man, whose last words were "The ... line." The shocking discovery is made by Captain Roger Bristow, ex-member of the Secret Service and an astute solver of crimes. His acumen is nearly matched by that of Superintendent Kinch, official investigator of the murder, which crime is further complicated by the theft of Mrs. Cresswell's pearl necklace. The dastardly deeds are probably related, but the exact details only come to light after the two men conduct an inspired and meticulous investigation, comprised of much shrewd speculation and old-fashioned police legwork. The investigation focuses on two suspects. Sonia Fullinger, a close friend of Sir Harry's daughter, is strongly linked to the crimes by circumstantial evidence, despite her indignant protestations. Leonard Curtis, the wayward nephew of a local vicar, is also a prime candidate for indictment if his improbable alibi turns out to be false. Clues abound--a piece of gold lace, a lost handkerchief, a key, an abandoned car-but fitting them together into a logical explanation for the unpleasant events that took place at Frimley Manor requires substantial intuitive and deductive powers. Readers who enjoy such a challenge, in the context of a gracefully written and ingeniously constructed crime novel, will welcome this classic from the Golden Age of British mystery fiction. . 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket.
- Bookseller Murder By The Book (US)
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition 1st Prtg
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 048625528X
- ISBN 13 9780486255286
- Publisher Dover Pubns
- Place of Publication Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published 1987
- Keywords Mystery, Crime, England, Historical, Paperback, Golden Age
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