G.K Chesterton
Pub. Date
2024
Description
It's now 1955 and Chief Inspector Sullivan and Mrs. Devine have grown closer since we saw them last, something that hasn't escaped the notice of Father Brown and Brenda. With a food fayre to die for, a real-life crime at a crime writing festival and a village rivalry that turns deadly, there's plenty for the gang to be busy with. And when his old friend Sister Boniface is implicated in a murder at an arts and craft fair, Father Brown must prove her...
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the 'golden age of murder' between the two world wars. But the tradition goes back to the days of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, and impossible crime stories have been written by such luminaries as Arthur Conan...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Description
1. The Dickens period -- 2. The boyhood of Dickens -- 3. The youth of Dickens -- 4. The Pickwick papers -- 5. The great popularity -- 6. Dickens and America -- 7. Dickens and Christmas -- 8. The time of transition -- 9. Later life and works -- 10. The great Dickens characters -- 11. On the alleged optimism of Dickens - 12. A note on the future of Dickens.