ISBN: 1504058283 9781504058285

Category: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural

Page count: 309

<b>With "a touch of genius," this round-robin mystery follow-up to <i>The Floating Admiral</i> features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey ( <i>The Times Literary Supplement</i>).</b> <br> <br> Following the success of <i>The Floating Admiral</i>, in which certain members of the Detection Club—including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton—collaborated on a whodunit, six writers pooled their talents to create another coauthored mystery. This time the premise had an added twist: authors would swap their detective characters, allowing for some extremely entertaining parodies of one another's sleuths. <br> <br> When a ruthless British newspaper tycoon is shot dead in his home, the high-level suspects include the assistant commissioner of Scotland Yard, casting doubt on the impartiality of a formal police investigation. As a solution, the home secretary brings in four brilliant detectives to solve the murder: Mrs. Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Roger Sheringham. <br> <br> Featuring a preface by inaugural Detection Club member Agatha Christie, this playful tour de force gathers together half a dozen Golden Age Mystery masters: John Rhode, Helen Simpson, Gladys Mitchell, Anthony Berkeley, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Milward Kennedy. <br>