Misterio En Londres - Kelly, Mary
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London. 22nd December. Chief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes have been called to a gloomy flat off Islington High Street. An elderly woman lies dead on the bed, and her trunk has been looted. The woman is Princess Olga Karukhin, an emigrant of Civil War Russia and her trunk is missing its glittering treasure... Out in the dizzying neon and festive chaos of the capital a colorful cast of suspects abound: the downtrodden grandson, a plutocratic jeweler, Bolsheviks with unfinished business... Beddoes and Nightingale have their work cut out in this tightly-paced, quirky and highly…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
London. 22nd December. Chief Inspector Brett Nightingale and Sergeant Beddoes have been called to a gloomy flat off Islington High Street. An elderly woman lies dead on the bed, and her trunk has been looted. The woman is Princess Olga Karukhin, an emigrant of Civil War Russia and her trunk is missing its glittering treasure... Out in the dizzying neon and festive chaos of the capital a colorful cast of suspects abound: the downtrodden grandson, a plutocratic jeweler, Bolsheviks with unfinished business... Beddoes and Nightingale have their work cut out in this tightly-paced, quirky and highly enjoyable jewel of the British crime genre. This never-before-republished novel goes beyond the neat puzzles of country house historical mysteries by delivering the darker side of British police procedurals in an evocative urban setting.
Autorenporträt
Mary Kelly se hizo famosa con su serie protagonizada por el inspector Brett Nightingale, con la que dio un aire nuevo a la ficción criminal. Sus novelas fueron muy aplaudidas y llegó a alzarse con la Gold Dagger, la mayor distinción otorgada por la Crime Writers' Association.