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Author
Publication
1986 - International Polygonics, New York City, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
63,750 words, Guess
Page Count
255 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100930330374
- ISBN-139780930330378
- LibraryThing464226
- Goodreads2701592
- OCLC Control Number13768959
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- Open LibraryOL2747562M
Classifications
- DDC813/.52
- LCCPS3545.H6172 N5 1986
Description
Before he became a famous mystery novel and sci fi critic, Anthony Boucher wrote this locked room mystery under the penname H. H. Holmes. Voted by critics as the ninth best locked room novel of all time, it concerns an ultra-Catholic family, one member of whom was investigating a religious cult. Though most of the investigation is handled by a young journalist and the stalwart cops, the impossible murder is solved by Boucher's continuing character Sister Ursula, a nun who grew up wanting to be a policewoman. Sister Ursula unmasks the criminal using her religious knowledge. The novel in one way is a tribute to John Dickson Carr whose Hollow Man and its analysis of locked room possibilities are frequently referenced. Besides frequently quoting Shakespeare, devout Catholic Boucher contrives scenes to make Catholic customs and beliefs less mysterious to non-Catholics.
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Series Statement
- Library of crime classics
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- Nine times nine
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