Author

Publication

1934 - A. A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

69,500 words, Guess

Page Count

278 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPZ3.P9682 Cq

Description

What could be more innocent than a crossword puzzle? A game to while away an idle hour, a diversion for the lonely. And yet its cunning formula could still be turned to sinister purpose. The curious crossword devised by Mr. George Winterton turned out to be part of a game for high stakes - it was the creation of a man whose brother had just drowned and who feared for his own life. Yet the dog hadn't barked.... When Detective-Constable Owen (B.A. Oxon, pass degree only) arrives in the picturesque village of Suffby Cove, he is faced with the mystery of an appallingly ingenious murder - one whose ramifications reach out of England to the continent, and touch the lives of many men and women. *Crossword Mystery*, first published in 1934, is the third of E.R. Punshon's acclaimed Bobby Owen mysteries and part of a series which eventually spanned thirty-five novels.

Subjects

Topics

Crossword puzzles in fictionDetective and mystery stories

Times

Other Editions

  • Crossword MysteryA. A. Knopf1934-01-01

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