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Il mistero della morte di Bradmoor
Protagonista di questa sequenza di racconti è il grande investigatore Sir Henry Marquis, che si trova a risolvere casi ambientati tra America e Inghilterra, giardini in Asia e deserti libici. I suggestivi scenari, gli avvenimenti avvolti da circostanze misteriose, lasciano il lettore in una suspense continua, nel dubbio che non tutto possa essere spiegato dalla ragione, e che non sempre il controllo degli eventi sia esclusivamente dei vivi...
- GenresMysteryShort Stories
158 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 17, 2013
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About the author
Melville Davisson Post
191 books11 followersMelville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869–June 23, 1930) is an American author, born in Harrison County, West Virginia. He earned a law degree from West Virginia University in 1892, and was married in 1903 to Ann Bloomfield Gamble Schofield. Their only child, a son, died at eighteen months old and Mrs. Post died of pneumonia in 1919.
After the death of their son, he left law practice and went on an European tour with his wife. Upon return from Europe, he began writing short stories and became America's highest paid short story writer. He was an avid horseman, and died on June 23, 1930, after a fall from his horse, and was buried in Harrison County. His boyhood home, "Templemoor", is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of 1982.
Although Post's name is not immediately familiar to many in this era, his stories are available through Gutenberg and many collections of detective fiction include works by Post. There is a case to be made for these stories to be among the finest of detective fiction in America. No less than Ellery Queen and Howard Haycraft both praised Post's writing as among the finest of American detective writing.
Post's best-known character is the mystery-solving, justice dispensing Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. Post also created two other recurring characters, Sir Henry Marquis and Randolph Mason. He also wrote two non-crime novels. His total output was approximately 230 titles.
After the death of their son, he left law practice and went on an European tour with his wife. Upon return from Europe, he began writing short stories and became America's highest paid short story writer. He was an avid horseman, and died on June 23, 1930, after a fall from his horse, and was buried in Harrison County. His boyhood home, "Templemoor", is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of 1982.
Although Post's name is not immediately familiar to many in this era, his stories are available through Gutenberg and many collections of detective fiction include works by Post. There is a case to be made for these stories to be among the finest of detective fiction in America. No less than Ellery Queen and Howard Haycraft both praised Post's writing as among the finest of American detective writing.
Post's best-known character is the mystery-solving, justice dispensing Virginian backwoodsman, Uncle Abner. Post also created two other recurring characters, Sir Henry Marquis and Randolph Mason. He also wrote two non-crime novels. His total output was approximately 230 titles.
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August 2, 2023
Well done
This is my first exposure to this author and his work, and I admit that it was excellent. I liked the series of short stories. They were well told and well executed, and I thoroughly enjoyed them.
This is my first exposure to this author and his work, and I admit that it was excellent. I liked the series of short stories. They were well told and well executed, and I thoroughly enjoyed them.
October 9, 2025
damn good, old style, truly British 'crime' mysteries. just a touch if lovecraft in the last story of this collection. they are very much h short short stories but well crafted. want to read more if his work. 9/10
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