A unique anthology for crime aficionados â six âperfect murderâ stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who comments on whether or not these crimes could have genuinely been solved.
Is the âperfect murderâ possible? Can that crime be committed with such consummate care, with such exacting skill, that it is unsolvable â even to the most astute investigator?
In this unique collection, legendary crime writers Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers and Russell Thorndike each attempt to create the unsolvable murder, which Superintendent Cornish of the CID then attempts to unravelâŠ
This clever literary battle of wits from the archives of the Detection Club follows and back into print after more than 75 years, and shows some of the experts from the Golden Age of detective fiction at their most ingenious.The Floating AdmiralAsk a Policeman
For true crime aficionados, this new edition includes an essay by Agatha Christie, one of the inaugural members of the Detection Club. Unseen since 1929, her article discusses the infamous Croydon Poisonings, a real-life perfect murder, the solution to which remains a mystery to this dayâŠ
Bookish
2024-01-24
Great little mysteries though I did find the reviews of each murder after the stories to be quite tedious in some cases.