In 1886, a nervous young lawyer and aspiring writer met the editor of a radical new paper to discuss the possibility of publishing some poetry. He thought his 'fractured verses' would not stand the test of time. The editor believed otherwise and in the years that followed, Banjo Paterson became Aust
The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories
โ Scribed by Stewart, J I M
- Book ID
- 109070467
- Publisher
- House of Stratus
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780755130481
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
In 'The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories' an emissary from Scotland Yard visits Freddie Seston in Venice, who happens to have bumped in to an old school friend, now a QC. Freddie is the supposed secret author, under a pseudonym, of a string of novels. Now, a murder has been committed using the same methodology as in one of the books. The only problem is, that title has not yet been published .... In this, and three other stories within this volume, J.I.M. Stewart does not disappoint, writing with his usual clarity and wit, along with the mystery and surprise readers have become accustomed to through the titles published under the his own pseudonym of 'Michael Innes'.
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