Obelists at Sea by C Daly King
C. Daly King's debut mystery is a tale of murder, travel, and psychiatry set aboard a luxury transatlantic liner.The smoking room on a transatlantic cruise ship is bound to be a hotbed of activity -- but it's less common for it to be the site of a murder. Yet, when the lights flicker aboard the luxury Meganaut, making its way from New York to Paris, this is precisely what happens; in the darkness, a gunshot rings out, and when the light is restored, a man is found dead. The situation becomes all the more curious when it's discovered that the deceased had apparently ingested cyanide just seconds before being penetrated by the bullet.
Luckily, for the other passengers, there are two detectives aboard the Meganaut, ready to leap into action. There are also four psychiatrists, and those psychiatrists convince the captain to let them take a stab at solving the crime, using their professional understanding of the human psyche to determine who could have been capable of such a crime -- and why. But will they be able to deduce the puzzle's solution before the killer strikes again?
The first of seven novels by psychologist C. Daly King, Obelists at Sea is intelligent and enjoyable Golden Age mystery fare, featuring an atmospheric setting, carefully placed clues and a complex whodunnit plot explained with sharp-witted ratiocination.
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Ride the Pink Horse
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The Dutch Shoe Mystery
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The Chinese Orange Mystery
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Home Sweet Homicide
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The Problem of the Wire Cage
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The Egyptian Cross Mystery
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The Red Widow Murders
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The Plague Court Murders
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The Red Lamp
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Rim of the Pit
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The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
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Waltz into Darkness
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The Haunted Lady
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Miss Pinkerton
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Golden Age Detective Stories
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Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries
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Death from a Top Hat
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The Red Right Hand
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The Siamese Twin Mystery
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The Spanish Cape Mystery
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The Eight of Swords
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The Chocolate Cobweb
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The Birthday Murder
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The Bride Wore Black
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The American Gun Mystery
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The Adventures of Ellery Queen
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The Great Hotel Murder
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The Cape Cod Mystery
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The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan
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The Great Mistake
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The Cat Saw Murder
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The Case of the Careless Kitten
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The Unsuspected
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The Alarm of the Black Cat
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Cat's Paw
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Eight Faces at Three
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Golden Age Bibliomysteries
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The Fabulous Clipjoint
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The Wall
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Headed for a Hearse
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A Taste for Honey
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Murder by an Aristocrat
American author and psychologist C. Daly King (1895-1963) was educated at Newark University, Yale, and Columbia. In addition to several psychology texts, he published seven mysteries at the height of the golden age of detective fiction. King coined the term obelist and uses it in this novel to characterize someone who harbors suspicions.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781613164167 |
| ISBN 10 | 1613164165 |
| Title | Obelists at Sea |
| Author | C Daly King |
| Series | An American Mystery Classic |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penzler Publishers |
| Year published | 2023-06-16 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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