Six against Scotland yard
in which Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Father Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers, Russell Thorndike commit the crime of murder which ex-Superintendent Cornish, C. I. D., is called upon to solve.
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Author
Contributions
- Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966. - Contributor
- Crofts, Freeman Wills, 1879-1957. - Contributor
- Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott, 1888-1957. - Contributor
- Sayers, Dorothy L. 1893-1957. - Contributor
- Thorndike, Russell, b. 1885. - Contributor
and 1 more
- Cornish, G. W. - Contributor
Publication
1936 - Doubleday, Doran & company, inc., Garden City, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
75,500 words, Guess
Page Count
302 pages
Identifiers
- LibraryThing174714
- Library of Congress Control Number36030064
- OCLC Control Number1870267
- Open LibraryOL6345023M
Classifications
- LCCPZ1 .S63
Description
A unique anthology for crime aficionados - six 'perfect murder' stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who comments on whether or not these crimes could have genuinely been solved. Is the 'perfect murder' possible? Can that crime be committed with such consummate care, with such exacting skill, that it is unsolvable - even to the most astute investigator? In this unique collection, legendary crime writers Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers and Russell Thorndike each attempt to create the unsolvable murder, which Superintendent Cornish of the CID then attempts to unravel. This clever literary battle of wits from the archives of the Detection Club joins *The Floating Admiral* and *Ask a Policeman* in showing some of the experts from the Golden Age of detective fiction at their most ingenious.
Subjects
Other Editions
- Six against Scotland yard: in which Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Father Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers, Russell Thorndike commit the crime of murder which ex-Superintendent Cornish, C. I. D., is called upon to solve.
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