The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes

The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes

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The Abbey Court Murder by Annie Haynes

A crime of a peculiarly mysterious nature was perpetrated some time last night in a block of flats called Abbey Court.

Lady Judith Carew acted furtively on the night of the Denboroughs' party. Her secret assignation at 9:30pm was a meeting to which she took a loaded revolver. The Abbey Court apartment building would play host to violent death that very night, under cover of darkness. The killer's identity remained a mystery, though Lady Carew had a most compelling motive - and her revolver was left in the dead man's flat.

Enter the tenacious Inspector Furnival in the first of his golden age mysteries, originally published in 1923. Though there are many clues, there are just as many red herrings and the case takes numerous Christie-esque twists before the murderer can be revealed. This new edition, the first printed in over 80 years, features an introduction from crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

Annie Haynes does, in The Abbey Court Murder, what all writers of mystery stories aspire to do, and so few carry off successfully. It is a first-rate story. the plot thickens with every page, leading us on to the final climax in a state of unfluctuating interest. Bookman

Haynes, Annie: - Annie Haynes was born in 1865, the daughter of an ironmonger. By the first decade of the twentieth century she lived in London and moved in literary and early feminist circles. Her first crime novel, The Bungalow Mystery, appeared in 1923, and another nine mysteries were published before her untimely death in 1929. Who Killed Charmian Karslake? appeared posthumously, and a further partially-finished work, The Crystal Beads Murder, was completed with the assistance of an unknown fellow writer, and published in 1930.
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ISBN 13 9781911095019
ISBN 10 1911095013
Title The Abbey Court Murder
Author Annie Haynes
Series The Inspector Furnival Mysteries
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dean Street Press
Year published 2015-10-05
Number of pages 202
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.