The Silk Stocking Murders
Dec 2024 · Open Road Media
Ebook
419
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
About this ebook
Roger Sheringham detects a snag in a series of suspected suicides in this classic mystery from "the most brilliant of Agatha Christie's contemporaries" ( Publishers Weekly).
The founder of the Detection Club—whose members included Agatha Christie, Hugh Walpole, and Dorothy L. Sayers among others—Anthony Berkeley was one of the luminaries of mystery fiction's Golden Age. His creation of gentleman sleuth Roger Sheringham helped usher in a new era of psychological detection.
In The Silk Stocking Murders, Sheringham is hard at work as the Daily Courier's resident criminological expert, when he receives a letter from a vicar whose daughter is missing in London. Unable to resist helping the desperate man, he discovers that the chorus girl hanged herself with her own stocking. When two copycat suicides occur, including that of a society beauty, Sheringham looks beyond the obvious to uncover the diabolical plan of a homicidal maniac . . .
Praise for the writing of Anthony Berkeley
"Detection and crime at its wittiest—all Berkeley's stories are amusing, intriguing, and he is a master of the final twist." —Agatha Christie
"There never was another writer of detective stories who managed to make his red herrings smell so good." — The Observer
"Anthony Berkeley is the supreme master not of the 'twist' but of the 'double-twist.'" — The Sunday Times
The founder of the Detection Club—whose members included Agatha Christie, Hugh Walpole, and Dorothy L. Sayers among others—Anthony Berkeley was one of the luminaries of mystery fiction's Golden Age. His creation of gentleman sleuth Roger Sheringham helped usher in a new era of psychological detection.
In The Silk Stocking Murders, Sheringham is hard at work as the Daily Courier's resident criminological expert, when he receives a letter from a vicar whose daughter is missing in London. Unable to resist helping the desperate man, he discovers that the chorus girl hanged herself with her own stocking. When two copycat suicides occur, including that of a society beauty, Sheringham looks beyond the obvious to uncover the diabolical plan of a homicidal maniac . . .
Praise for the writing of Anthony Berkeley
"Detection and crime at its wittiest—all Berkeley's stories are amusing, intriguing, and he is a master of the final twist." —Agatha Christie
"There never was another writer of detective stories who managed to make his red herrings smell so good." — The Observer
"Anthony Berkeley is the supreme master not of the 'twist' but of the 'double-twist.'" — The Sunday Times
Roger Sheringham detects a snag in a series of suspected suicides in this classic mystery from "the most brilliant of Agatha Christie's contemporaries" ( Publishers Weekly).
The founder of the Detection Club—whose members included Agatha Christie, Hugh Walpole, and Dorothy L. Sayers among other...
Discover more
About the author
Anthony Berkeley was an English crime writer. He also wrote under the pen names Francis Iles and A. Monmouth Platts.
Anthony Berkeley was an English crime writer. He also wrote under the pen names Francis Iles and A. Monmouth Platts.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
