Israel Zangwill

Big Bow Mystery (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On a chilly December morning in Bow, a working-class area in London's East End, a landlady unsuccessfully attempts to rouse a tenant whose door is locked and bolted from the inside. The alarmed landlady calls upon her neighbor, a retired Scotland Yard detective, who breaks down the door to reveal the tenant with his throat cut and no weapon in sight. "e;It seems clear that the deceased did not commit suicide,"e; the coroner declares at the inquest, adding, "e;It seems equally clear that the deceased was not murdered."e;So begins Israel Zangwill's darkly humorous mystery, which marked a turning point in detective fiction. Sealed-room mysteries had appeared before, but this inventive tale offered a novel exploitation of the genre's puzzling possibilities. The 1891 publication was serialized in the London Star, a tabloid notorious for its sensational coverage of the Jack the Ripper murders. Between installments, Zangwill engaged in a lively dialogue with his readers, who proposed solutions to the crime (none of them correct). As Publishers Weekly noted, "e;With a sardonic style and vivid, Dickensian characterizations of Victorian-era London, Zangwill still appeals to contemporary readers."e;

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486824314
• Artikelnr.: 49209992