The Crime at the Noah's Ark by Molly Thynne

The Crime at the Noah's Ark by Molly Thynne

There'll be blue murder here before Christmas

A number of parties heading for a luxurious holiday spot, are forced by severe winter weather to put up at the 'Noah's Ark', a hostelry they will share with Dr. Constantine, a shrewd chess master and keen observer of all around him. Other guests include bestselling novelist Angus Stuart, the aristocratic Romsey family, a pair of old spinster sisters, and a galloping major whose horseplay gets him into hot water - and then gets him murdered.

Who is the masked intruder who causes such a commotion on the first night? Who has stolen Mrs van Dolen's emeralds, and who has slashed everyone's (almost everyone's) car tyres? And are the murderer and thief one and the same, or are the guests faced with two desperate criminals hiding in plain sight in the snowbound inn? Dr. Constantine, aided by two of the younger guests, is compelled to investigate this sparkling Christmas mystery before anyone else ends up singing in the heavenly choir .

The Crime at the 'Noah's Ark' was first published in 1931. This new edition, the first in many decades, includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

Thynne, Molly: - Mary 'Molly' Thynne was born in 1881, a member of the aristocracy, and related, on her mother's side, to the painter James McNeil Whistler. She grew up in Kensington and at a young age met literary figures like Rudyard Kipling and Henry James. Her first novel, An Uncertain Glory, was published in 1914, but she did not turn to crime fiction until The Draycott Murder Mystery, the first of six golden age mysteries she wrote and published in as many years, between 1928 and 1933. The last three of these featured Dr. Constantine, chess master and amateur sleuth par excellence. Molly Thynne never married. She enjoyed travelling abroad, but spent most of her life in the village of Bovey Tracey, Devon, where she was finally laid to rest in 1950.

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ISBN 13	9781911413578
ISBN 10	1911413570
Title	The Crime at the Noah's Ark
Author	Molly Thynne
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Dean Street Press
Year published	2016-09-05
Number of pages	218
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