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At the Villa Rose

Autor A. E. W. Mason
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 noi 2019
In At the Villa Rose we meet French Inspector Gabriel Hanaud for the first time. Hanaud is a towering figure in the history of genre mystery fiction as he is the obvious inspiration for Hercule Poirot. Whilst on holiday in Aix-les-Bains Inspector Hanaud is approached by Harry Wethermill to help investigate the murder of wealthy Madame Dauvray. Wethermill is in love with the prime suspect, Celia Harland. His unshaking faith in Harland moves inspector Hanaud to the case. Intrigue and mystery ensue. One of the best, most artistic, most engrossing detective stories ever written.-The British Weekly
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ISBN-13: 9781515442509
ISBN-10: 1515442500
Pagini: 202
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Positronic Publishing

Notă biografică

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (1865-1948) was a British novelist and playwright best known for his adventure classic The Four Feathers and for creating Inspector Gabriel Hanaud. His detective novels, beginning with At the Villa Rose, are considered important precursors to the Golden Age of British mystery fiction and influenced later writers of the genre.

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Introducing Inspector Hanaud, one of the earliest whodunits that was to influence masters of the genre
Inspector Hanaud, the well-known French detective, is on holiday in Aix les Bains when he is asked by a young Englishman, Harry Wethermill, to investigate the murder of a wealthy widow, Mme Dauvray. Mme Dauvray has been strangled and her valuable jewels, which she wore 'with too little prudence', are missing. Celia Harland – the beautiful girl who, it transpires, was Mme Dauvray's companion – is missing. Everything points to Celia having been in cahoots with the murderer and having made off with Mme Dauvray's fabulous jewellery collection. But Wethermill cannot believe this of her, and wants Inspector Hanaud of the Paris Sûreté, to take on the case.
"One of the best, most artistic, most engrossing detective stories ever written" – The British Weekly