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Ask a policeman / by Anthony Berkeley ... [et al.].

Berkeley, Anthony, 1893-1971 (Added Author). Kennedy, Milward, (Added Author). Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 (Added Author). Rhode, John, 1884-1964 (Added Author). Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957 (Added Author). Simpson, Helen, 1897-1940 (Added Author). Detection Club. (Added Author).

Summary:

In a unique whodunit involving four of the 1930s' best crime writers--swapping their usual detectives and indulging in sly parodies of each other--Lord Comstock, a newspaper tycoon, is found murdered, but with enemies in high places and the investigation threatened, the Home Secretary deems it neceesary to invite four famous detectives to solve the case: Mrs Adela Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Mr Roger Sheringham.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780007468638 (pb.)
  • Physical Description: 310 p. : map ; 18 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
On the cover: By members of the Detection Club.
Subject: Murder > Investigation > Great Britain > Fiction.
Businessmen > Crimes against > Great Britain > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Mystery fiction.

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24500. ‡aAsk a policeman / ‡cby Anthony Berkeley ... [et al.].
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300 . ‡a310 p. : ‡bmap ; ‡c18 cm.
500 . ‡aOn the cover: By members of the Detection Club.
520 . ‡aIn a unique whodunit involving four of the 1930s' best crime writers--swapping their usual detectives and indulging in sly parodies of each other--Lord Comstock, a newspaper tycoon, is found murdered, but with enemies in high places and the investigation threatened, the Home Secretary deems it neceesary to invite four famous detectives to solve the case: Mrs Adela Bradley, Sir John Saumarez, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Mr Roger Sheringham.
650 0. ‡aMurder ‡xInvestigation ‡zGreat Britain ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aBusinessmen ‡xCrimes against ‡zGreat Britain ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aGreat Britain ‡xHistory ‡vFiction.
655 0. ‡aHistorical fiction.
655 7. ‡aMystery fiction. ‡2gsafd
7001 . ‡aBerkeley, Anthony, ‡d1893-1971.
7001 . ‡aKennedy, Milward, ‡db. 1894.
7001 . ‡aMitchell, Gladys, ‡d1901-1983.
7001 . ‡aRhode, John, ‡d1884-1964.
7001 . ‡aSayers, Dorothy L. ‡q(Dorothy Leigh), ‡d1893-1957.
7001 . ‡aSimpson, Helen, ‡d1897-1940.
7102 . ‡aDetection Club.
902 . ‡aZH
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