Death in the dusk
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About This Book
‘A first-rate tale of mystery’ New York Times‘An extraordinary plot with lashings of Gothic atmosphere’ Martin Edwards, The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books‘An orgy of murder… fine writing and effective characterisation’ The GuardianIncludes all the original illustrations and maps, critical to the plotA classic country house mystery set amongst the Welsh mountains, together with a motley array of aristocratic guests and a disapproving butler…Golden Age of Crime writer Virgil Markham’s first-ever crime novel, republished here for the first time in almost a centuryThis Spitfire Publishers edi...
Chapters (34)
- Death in the Dusk
- Prefatory Words
- Death in the Dusk
- Persons in this Chronicle
- I. The Obtrusion of Parson Lolly
- II. The Bull
- III. The House
- IV. The Bidding Feast
- V. Kingmaker
- VI. Strain
- VII. Court of Inquiry
- VIII. Wager of Battel
- IX. The Bone
- X. The Laugh
- XI. Superintendent Salt
- XII. Noah’s Flood
- XIII. The Weapon
- XIV. The Fiendish Cat of the Sisters Delambre
- XV. The Rainbow
- XVI. Parchment—and Paper
- XVII. Lancelot’s Ultimatum
- XVIII. Grisly Planting
- XIX. The Deathless Arm
- XX. The Recrudescence of Parson Lolly
- XXI. The Midnight Expedition
- XXII. The Beginning of the End: Parabola
- XXIII. Miss Lebetwood and a Campstool
- XXIV. Bannerlee’s Secret
- XXV. The Flight of Parson Lolly
- XXVI. Blood on the Portrait
- XXVII. The Purr of the Cat!
- XXVIII. The Crash
- XXIX. Rescue
- The Communication of April 17, 1926
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