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Overview
Overview
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
"The book is both utterly of its time and utterly ahead of it." --New York Times Book Review
The Notting Hill Mystery was first published between 1862 and 1863 as an eight-part serial in the magazine Once a Week. Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel, the story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R--, who is suspected of murdering his wife. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.
Presented in the form of diary entries, letters, chemical analysis reports, interviews with witnesses and a crime scene map, the novel displays innovative techniques that would not become common features of detective fiction until the 1920s.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Adams, Charles
- ISBN: 9781464204807
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.60
- Number Of Pages: 186
- Publication Year: 2015