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Laddar... Dödens hus (1924)av Edgar Wallace
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Napínavé dobrodružství mladého policejního inspektora, který odhalí tlupu gangsterů ve zdánlivě počestném útulku pro londýnské slepce, vrcholí riskantní akcí, jejíž výsledek odhalí skutečného pachatele a navíc inspektorovi umožní sňatek s půvabnou dědičkou. i am giving this 4 stars only because I have seen a statement that it is considered one of Wallace's best. As far as I recall, I have not yet read it. It begins with Larry Holt, whose Scotland Yard rank is inpector, his duties commissioner, and who is said to be i lin for the next assistant commissioner that came along. He is in Paris when he spots an international crook (gambler) he knows called Flash Fred. I was reading about the film of this name and (after a bit of wandering around online) in a random fan forum found that someone had posted an epub version of this 1924 novel. And so I found yet another mystery author to add to my list. I was interested in a 1920s view of London and, despite the fact that Larry Holt seemed sort of American in some ways (or maybe just like some of the other American detectives I've read), there was a glimpse or two of the city here and there. p. 102: Presently he finished writing, dropping the last sheet and slipping the paper into a drawer. Then he got up and stretched himself. He walked to the window and looked out. It was late afternoon and he could glimpse a wonderful picture of the Thames Embankment, a vista of blue bridges spanning a leaden stream, of dim spires looming through the eastern haze, of a long line of green where the trees shaded the broad sidewalk, of chocolate-coloured tram-cars that flashed to and fro — a fragment of London, recognizable even to those who had never seen the great city, or throbbed to its ceaseless pulsations, Larry Holt scratched his nose unromantically and turned a dubious look to the waiting girl. The plot was interesting and the villains unique, though a touch melodramatic at the end. I did like that we had a heroine who was shown to be both clever and helpful, which isn't usual for the time period. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Inspector Holt is enjoying the Caf, de la Paix and the Boulevard des Italiens. He and his valet Sunny are planning a visit to Monte Carlo when an urgent telegram arrives from the Chief Commissioner of Scotland Yard. Mr Gordon Stuart has been found drowned in suspicious circumstances. Holt returns on the same boat as Flash Fred Grogan, continental crook and gambler. Attempting to solve the mystery leads Holt into a string of exciting adventures - including romance. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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