The Silk Stocking Murders (Detective Club Crime Classics)

by Anthony Berkeley

On Sale: 02/23/2017

The Silk Stocking Murders (Detective Club Crime Classics)

by Anthony Berkeley

On Sale: 02/23/2017

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About the Book

A classic Golden Age crime novel, and one of the first to feature a serial killer.

Investigating the disappearance of a vicar’s daughter in London, the popular novelist and amateur detective Roger Sheringham is shocked to discover that the girl is already dead, found hanging from a screw by her own silk stocking. Reports of similar deaths across the capital strengthen his conviction that this is no suicide cult but the work of a homicidal maniac out for vengeance – a desperate situation requiring desperate measures.

Having established Roger Sheringham as a brilliant but headstrong young sleuth who frequently made mistakes, trusted the wrong people and imbibed considerable liquid refreshment, Anthony Berkeley took his controversial character into much darker territory with The Silk Stocking Murders, a sensational novel about gruesome serial killings by an apparent psychopath bent on targeting vulnerable young women.

Critical Praise

‘Anthony Berkeley is the supreme master not of the “twist” but of the “double-twist”.’ Milward Kennedy in the Sunday Times

‘Detection and crime at its wittiest – all Berkeley’s stories are amusing, intriguing and he is a master of the final twist.’
Agatha Christie

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780008216405
  • ISBN 10: 0008216401
  • Imprint: Collins Crime Club
  • On Sale: 02/23/2017
  • Pages: 256
  • List Price:14.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
  • BISAC2 : FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
  • BISAC3 : FICTION / Crime
  • BISAC4 : FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
  • BISAC5 : FICTION / Urban

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