The Deductions of Colonel Gore. Lynn Brock
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Название: The Deductions of Colonel Gore
Автор: Lynn Brock
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Полицейские детективы
isbn: 9780008283018
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‘THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB is a clearing house for the best detective and mystery stories chosen for you by a select committee of experts. Only the most ingenious crime stories will be published under the THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB imprint. A special distinguishing stamp appears on the wrapper and title page of every THE DETECTIVE STORY CLUB book—the Man with the Gun. Always look for the Man with the Gun when buying a Crime book.’
Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1929
Now the Man with the Gun is back in this series of COLLINS CRIME CLUB reprints, and with him the chance to experience the classic books that influenced the Golden Age of crime fiction.
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First published in Great Britain by
W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1924
Published by The Detective Story Club Ltd 1930
‘Too Much Imagination’ published in Flynn’s magazine 1926
Introduction © Rob Reef 2018
Cover design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1930, 2018
Lynn Brock asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008283001
Ebook Edition © November 2018 ISBN: 9780008283018
Version: 2018-08-24
Contents
Copyright
Introduction
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Too Much Imagination
Chapter I. Into the Net
Chapter II. Too Much to Swallow
Chapter III. The Note in her Hand
Chapter IV. Gore is Frank
Chapter V. Bloodstained Linen
Chapter VI. Arling Makes a Confession
Chapter VII. Tastes of a Secretary
Chapter VIII. Spain Waxes Vehement
Chapter IX. What Really Happened
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About the Publisher
ALEXANDER PATRICK MCALLISTER’S literary career had had a very promising start. Born in Dublin in 1877 and educated at Clongowes Wood College, he later obtained an Honours Degree at the Royal University and was appointed chief clerk shortly after the inception of the National University of Ireland. His stage plays Irene Wycherly (1906) and At the Barn (1912), both written under the pseudonym Anthony P. Wharton, became great successes both in London and on Broadway.
Following these two hits, McAllister continued to write, but none of his subsequent plays could revive his early fame. He and his wife Cicely moved from London to Guildford, where СКАЧАТЬ