An edition of Duplicate Death (1951)

Mort sans atout

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An edition of Duplicate Death (1951)

Mort sans atout

  • 4.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 32 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway #8

London is the scene for a card party given by a social-climbing hostess. Suddenly, the seemingly civilized game of Duplicate Bridge is interrupted by a double murder, both victims murdered by the same sinister method, strangled with picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? And, what was the connection between the first, a mysterious man of the world, and the second, an ambitious widow? Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him, and the odds of solving this crime are stacked up against him.

Things become even more complicated when Miss Beulah Birtley, the fiancée of the inspector's young friend Timothy Kane, becomes Hemingway's prime suspect. Kane is determined to prove the lady's innocence--but when he begins digging into her past, he finds it's more than a little bit shady... That morning, Miss Beulah bought the weapon. Before supper, she had spit out her hatred for the victim in poisonous--and public--words. And at the party, she was the last to see him alive. They found him slumped in a chair-his handsome head lolling forward on his well-cut dinner jacket--his florid face hideously distorted. A horrible death, observed the Inspector. But very simple for a young lady like Beulah to arrange... Mrs. Haddington, the second victim, is found strangled in the exact same spot where one of her daughter's many suitors had also been strangled. Fortunately, the first-rate detective doesn’t miss a trick.

Publish Date
Publisher
Fayard
Language
French
Pages
357

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Cover of: Duplicate Death
Duplicate Death
October 24, 2006, Arrow
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: Duplicate death
Duplicate death
2006
Cover of: Mort sans atout
Mort sans atout
April 8, 1992, Fayard
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Duplicate death
Duplicate death
1985, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
in English - 1st Owl Book ed.

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The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages
357
Dimensions
8.5 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
Weight
12.6 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL12455612M
ISBN 10
2213026149
ISBN 13
9782213026145
OCLC/WorldCat
319870260

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