Ask a Policeman by The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Martin Edwards, John Rhode, Helen Simpson, Gladys Mitchell, Anthony Berkeley, Dorothy L. Sayers & Milward Kennedy

Ask a Policeman

By

star2.5 from 17 ratings

Description

With “a touch of genius,” this round-robin mystery follow-up to The Floating Admiral features famous detectives including Lord Peter Wimsey (The Times Literary Supplement).
 
Following the success of The Floating Admiral, 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.
 
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.
 
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.
 

More The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Martin Edwards, John Rhode, Helen Simpson, Gladys Mitchell, Anthony Berkeley, Dorothy L. Sayers & Milward Kennedy Books

  • The Floating Admiral

    The Floating Admiral

    The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G. K. Chesterton, Canon Victor L. Whitechurch, G. D. H., M. Cole, Henry Wade, John Rhode, Milward Kennedy, Ronald Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Edgar Jepson, Clemence Dane & Anthony Berkeley

    Police Procedural

  • The Detection Collection

    The Detection Collection

    The Detection Club, Colin Dexter, Robert Goddard, Reginald Hill, P. D. James & Simon Brett

    Mystery Short Stories

  • Ask a Policeman

    Ask a Policeman

    The Detection Club, Agatha Christie, Martin Edwards, John Rhode, Helen Simpson, Gladys Mitchell, Anthony Berkeley, Dorothy L. Sayers & Milward Kennedy

    Police Procedural

  • Six Against the Yard

    Six Against the Yard

    The Detection Club, Margery Allingham, Ronald Knox, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Russell Thorndike & Agatha Christie

    Police Procedural

  • The Sinking Admiral

    The Sinking Admiral

    The Detection Club & Simon Brett

    British Detectives

  • Perguntem ao Polícia

    Perguntem ao Polícia

    The Detection Club

    Mysteries & Thrillers