The House in Charlton Crescent by Annie Haynes

The House in Charlton Crescent by Annie Haynes

Protruding from the dead woman's breast was the gold and jewelled dagger she had shown them half an hour before. And, looking horribly incongruous among the laces of her fichu, a deep stain was spreading.

Elderly cantankerous widow Lady Anne Daventry summons a private detective, Bruce Cardyn, to her London home. He is tasked to find out one thing: just who is trying to kill her?

Any number of relations have a financial interest in her death. Then there is Lady Anne's recently dismissed private secretary, her lady's maid and the butler.

Despite Cardyn's efforts, Lady Anne is murdered and Inspector Furnival, in his second golden age mystery, is on the case, with Cardyn playing Watson. Originally published in 1926, this new edition is the first printed in over eighty years. It features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.

Miss Haynes' new book shows all the merits of its predecessors. Careful plot, a villain concealed, natural setting, observation of character--for all these it scores points. Morning Post

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	9781911095033
ISBN 10	191109503X
Title	The House in Charlton Crescent
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	198
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.