Crime in Kensington by Christopher St John Sprigg
A 1930s classic crime novel set in London featuring the amateur detective Richard Venables. A set of unusual characters residing at a residential hotel are under suspicion when the proprietress is murdered.Crime in Kensington can hardly mean more than one thing - death and mystery in a residential hotelThis straightforward phrase should convey to the reader the atmosphere of popular journalism that pervasdes Mr Sprigg's first novel. Charles Venables, gossip-writer to the Mercury, was on the spot when the proprietress vanished; and his monocle was in the right place when, in due course, she was found distributed in various receptacles in her own hote. Mr Sprigg's characters are so extremely odd that half of them at least may be regarded as plausible suspects; indeed, one is almost tempted to toss for the perpetrator of the disgusting crime, for if the victim of the toss were not the author of this particular murder, one feels that he or she has probably committed a previous crime that would justify an arrest.
* The Times Literary Supplement *Christopher St John Sprigg (1907-1937) was a witty and prolific writer who also published non-fiction under the pseudonym Christopher Caudwell. Sprigg wrote seven crime novels between 1933 and his death February 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Other books featuring sleuth Charles Venables are also available from Moonstone Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781899000043 |
| ISBN 10 | 1899000046 |
| Title | Crime in Kensington |
| Author | Christopher St John Sprigg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Moonstone Press |
| Year published | 2019-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 222 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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