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Author:

Melville, Alan, 1910-1983, author.

Title:

Weekend at Thrackley / Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Poisoned Pen Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

235 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Country homes--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Hospitality--Fiction.
Rich people--Crimes against--Fiction.
Collectors and collecting--Fiction.
Precious stones--Collection and preservation--Fiction.
Surrey (England)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Other Authors:

Edwards, Martin, 1955-

Notes:

"Originally published in 1934 by Skeffington & Son, Ltd."--Title page verso.

Summary:

Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious stones, to a weekend party at his country house, Thrackley. The house is gloomy and forbidding but the party is warm and hospitable except for the presence of Jacobson, the sinister butler. The other guests are wealthy people draped in jewels; Jim cannot imagine why he belongs in such company. After a weekend of adventure, with attempted robbery and a vanishing guest, secrets come to light and Jim unravels a mystery from his past.

Series:

British Library crime classics.

ISBN:

1464209715
9781464209710

LCCN:

2018933805

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

CGPC482 -- Marengo Public Library (Marengo)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)