Arrogant Alibi

Michael Lord #5

by C. Daly King

Genres: Mystery

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1938

About the author

Charles Daly King (1895-1963) was an American psychologist. He was educated at Newark Academy, Yale and Columbia University. After Army service in WW1 he trained in psychology and wrote several textbooks. In the 1930s he wrote seven detective novels while working in psychology. His detective, Michael Lord, is attached to the New York police department. Lord's cases are recounted by a Watson figure, Dr L Rees Pons. King coined the word 'Obelists' to describe suspects, and used it in three of his titles. Another series character, Trevis Tarrant, appears in a book of short stories. After Bermuda Burial (1940) King wrote no further fiction.

Reviews

[Alessandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Davvero un bel giallo classico. Colpi di scena a non finire, colpevoli probabili che poi non sono tali e una miriade di alibi difficilissimi da smontare.

[Marc Nadal · Rating 3 out of 5]

És un clàssic de la novel.la negra i és força entretingut. He llegit l'edició en italià de I classici del giallo de Mondadori (Un alibi di troppo)

[Pietro De Palma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unknown masterpiece by Daly King.It presents an impossible crime, whose solution, for virtuosity of deduction, is very close to the models by Ellery Queen of the period.

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Unknown masterpiece Daly King.It presents an impossible crime, whose solution, for virtuosity deductive, is very close to the models of Ellery Queen of the period