Russell H Greenan

The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

"A murderously funny fugue of the macabre ... Grave matters, elegantly dispatched." The New York Times Book Review

Algernon Pendleton call him Al lives by himself in a suburban Boston house loaded with treasures collected by his Egyptologist great-grandfather. His solitary life, punctuated by occasional visits to a shop where he trades artifacts for ready cash, would be lonely if not for his confidential chats with Eulalia, a talking porcelain pitcher. When an old army buddy shows up with a suitcase full of money, Eulalia has some less-than-friendly ideas about separating their houseguest from his fortune. Meanwhile, a professor of archaeology is getting increasingly suspicious about the shop's supply of rare and valuable antiquities. Thanks to Eulalia's advice, Al soon finds himself trapped in a murder mystery that unfolds with ample doses of black humor.

"You have to have a heart of stone not to love Algernon Pendleton, the mad-as-a-hatter murderer ... Curl up with him and your doom is sealed ... Greenan has fashioned an excursion in to the macabre that is in a class by itself." Saturday Review

"Oddly appealing, a sort of Arsenic and Old Lace approach that really works in terms of entertainment if you have a taste for the fantastic." Publishers Weekly

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486840819
• Artikelnr.: 56953790

Autorenporträt

American author Russell H. Greenan is noted for his crime fiction and absurdist black-humor novels. His books include It Happened in Boston? and A Can of Worms.