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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Ivory Daggerdi Patricia Wentworth
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Sir Herbert Whitall muere asesinado en su propia mansión, rodeado del más profundo misterio. Una daga de marfil, valiosa joya por su antigüedad, ha sido clavada en su pecho. In a plot device worthy of the Brontes, while her fiance, Bill Waring is in hospital following a train crash, Lila Dryden's guardian forces her to become engaged to rich Herbert Whithall, a man she loathes. Whithall is discovered murderedand Lila is firmly in the frame so her friends call Miss Silver into investigate. Although I guessed (and it was a guess) the name of the murderer quite early on the twist and turns of the plot kept me entertained. 'Lila keek neer op haar rechterhand, die rood zag van het bloed. Op haar jurk zat ook bloed een lange, rode veeg. Op de grond aan haar voeten lag een dolk.' De mooie Lila Dryden heeft beloofd met Sir Herbert Whitall te trouwen, een man die veel ouder is dan zij en voor wie ze alleen maar afkeer en angst voelt. Maar vlak voor het huwelijk wordt Sir Herbert gevonden: vermoord. Lila staat naast het dode lichaam met haar handen kleverig van het bloed en het lijkt heel duidelijk wat er gebeurd is. Iedereen heeft medelijden met Lila, maar bijna niemand twijfelt aan haar schuld. Gelukkig valt het miss Silver op dat Lila eigenlijk geen motief had voor de moord. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML:A jilted fiancé is suspected of murder in the series that offers "some of the best examples of the British country-house murder mystery" (Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine). Bill Waring went to America with a bright future ahead of him. In London he had a promising career and the love of a young beauty, Lila Dryden, and there were plans for marriage when he returned from overseas. But then a freak train accident puts their happiness on hold. Bill spends a month in the hospital, and when he finally makes it back to London, there is a still bigger shock awaiting him. Under pressure from a domineering aunt, Lila has become engaged to another. She and her new fiancéâ??middle-aged, charmless, and richâ??are in the country for the weekend. Bill follows, determined to win back Lila's heart. But when her new betrothed is stabbed to death, blame falls squarely on Bill, and only the brilliant, demure detective Maud Silver can clear Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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