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The Thirteenth Trick
Russell Braddon opens this novel of character and suspense with a murder as viewed by the victim herself. Then the body is found in the back row of a rural English cinema, and it appears that the murderer who victimizes only young, blond female hitchhikers has struck for the fourth time in a year. The question unresolved until the very last pages is: Who is the target of the investigation?
- GenresDetective
168 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1973
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About the author
Russell Braddon
69 books23 followersRussell Reading Braddon was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts. His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war, The Naked Island, sold more than a million copies.
Braddon was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of a barrister. He served in the Malayan campaign during World War II. He was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Pudu and Changi prisons and on the Thailand-Burma Railway between 1942 and 1945.
In 1949, Braddon moved to England. He described his writing career as "beginning by chance". The Naked Island, published in 1952, was one of the first accounts of a Japanese prisoner of war's experience.
Braddon went on to produce a wide range of works, including novels, biographies, histories, TV scripts and newspaper articles. He was also a broadcaster on radio and television.
Proud Australian Boy: A Biography of Russell Braddon by Nigel Starck was published in Australia in 2011.
Braddon was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of a barrister. He served in the Malayan campaign during World War II. He was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Pudu and Changi prisons and on the Thailand-Burma Railway between 1942 and 1945.
In 1949, Braddon moved to England. He described his writing career as "beginning by chance". The Naked Island, published in 1952, was one of the first accounts of a Japanese prisoner of war's experience.
Braddon went on to produce a wide range of works, including novels, biographies, histories, TV scripts and newspaper articles. He was also a broadcaster on radio and television.
Proud Australian Boy: A Biography of Russell Braddon by Nigel Starck was published in Australia in 2011.
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June 3, 2019
The author was a prisoner of war in WWII. He turned to writing as a cure for PTSD (per Wikipedia) The book is one of the most intelligently written, whodunit I have read in years. Its plot is Byzantine on steroids. If anything, the plot is more twisted than Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None.' It will keep you guessing until the very end. Lots of red herrings. Braddon needs to be rediscovered!
June 10, 2022
No me parece una mala novela, solamente no es de mi gusto de historia. Se me hace muy desesperante andar tratando de dedicir quien es el asesino. Los personajes no me parecen entrañables, si no conecto con ellos definitivamente no conecto en general con la novela.
February 19, 2018
It keeps you guessing
February 22, 2010
Tanto el asesino como el detective tenían triunfos en la mano. No se sabía cual de los dos iba a hacer...la baza número trece. El cadáver de una muchacha de veintitrés años ha sido hallado hace menos de una hora en la última fila de butacas de un cine de esta localidad... La policía dice que está casi segura que se trata de la cuarta víctima del asesino conocido como el maniaco de la autopista... También afirma que ahora alguien debe sospechar quien es este asesino, y está protegiéndole...
March 1, 2016
Russell Braddon, RDC-M #1, 1974, 5/78.
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