Collins Crime Club The Floating Admiral, Crime & Thriller, Paperback, The Detection Club and Agatha Christie, Preface by Simon Brett, Introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers, Prologue by G.K. Chesterton, Epilogue by Anthony Berkeley
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Brand: Collins Crime Club
Description: Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G.K. Chesterton and nine other writers from the legendary Detection Club collaborate in this fiendishly clever but forgotten crime novel first published 80 years ago. Collins Crime Club The Floating Admiral, Crime & Thriller, Paperback, The Detection Club and Agatha Christie, Preface by Simon Brett, Introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers, Prologue by G.K. Chesterton, Epilogue by Anthony Berkeley - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Harper Collins
Product ID: 9780008210687
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Dimensions: 129x198mm
Keywords: Poirot,Murder,Detective,Marple,Detection Club,Mystery,Crime Club,Golden Age,Wimsey,Thriller,Crime
ISBN: 9780008210687
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Author: S Riaz
Rating: 5
Review: Simon Brett has written the foreward for this ingenious novel, as the President of the Detection Club in 2001, when the book was re-printed. The origins of the club are as shrouded in mystery as the members own work, although it was probably founded in 1928. As Brett points out, crime fiction has changed a lot since the days of Golden Age mysteries. A lot of books written in that time were, in a way, puzzles - with clues you could (supposedly) work out, and a great sense of fun. They were an intellectual challenge, in an era that adored parlour games and crossword puzzles. In 1931, members of the club got together to write a book. The challenge was to write a chapter and send it to the next in line, for them to carry on. The authors were not permitted to 'cheat' and had to provide a solution to the crime, sealed in an envelope - which are all revealed at the end of the book in an Appendix. The plot is fairly typical of the time period - a body found floating in a boat, a confusion of tides, missing relatives, a long ago scandal, dinner parties at the Vicarage and talkative landladies! What makes the book great fun is the impression you get as your read on that each author is attempting to make the next in lines job more difficult! Clues abound, suspects line up and the victory of justice is assured. This is a wonderful book for crime lovers, especially those who enjoy those marvellous Golden Age authors. Also, it is a chance not only to sample well known authors such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers, but to sample the work of writers who perhaps are not so well read these days and who deserve to be. The authors, in order are: C.K. Chesterton, Canon Victor L. Whitechurch, G.D.H and M. Cole, Henry Wade, Agatha Christie, John Rhode, Milward Kennedy, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ronald A. Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Edgar Jepson, Clemence Dane, and Anthony Berkeley. The solutions at the end of the novel are perhaps the most ingenious and enjoyable part of the whole book. It is a very enjoyable read and, you sense, great fun to write!
Author: Hannah S.
Rating: 2
Review: While the book is good, and I am enjoying it for the content, the quality of the typesetting, or typing (I am not sure what to call it) is horrendous. However books are moved into digital format, this one has been done shockingly. There are commas, full stops and apostrophes in random places, and words are often switched around making it relatively difficult to read. I'd warn any buyer to look at a different version, as it has negatively impacted my reading experience.
