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Anthony Bathurst #19
Fear and Trembling: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery
"As long as there is no more stupid talk of murder, or threats of any kind, you will find me ready and willing to be reasonable."
David Somerset, an industrial chemist, meets a mysterious syndicate in a Gloucestershire village. What exactly does David Somerset have to sell?
Somerset fails to return to London and his son Geoffrey disappears on the same day. The pair of them are soon found dead. With a killer's sights now set on the other son, Gerald, it falls to Anthony Bathurst to track down the mysterious syndicate and unmask a cunning murderer. But he's a little distracted by a femme fatale . . .
Inspector MacMorran is aware of this, and takes some pleasure when Bathurst is briefly baffled-and in love. Along the way there are chills, red herrings, highly original twists, and an amazing revelation at the end.
Fear and Trembling was first published in 1936. This new edition features an introduction by Steve Barge.
David Somerset, an industrial chemist, meets a mysterious syndicate in a Gloucestershire village. What exactly does David Somerset have to sell?
Somerset fails to return to London and his son Geoffrey disappears on the same day. The pair of them are soon found dead. With a killer's sights now set on the other son, Gerald, it falls to Anthony Bathurst to track down the mysterious syndicate and unmask a cunning murderer. But he's a little distracted by a femme fatale . . .
Inspector MacMorran is aware of this, and takes some pleasure when Bathurst is briefly baffled-and in love. Along the way there are chills, red herrings, highly original twists, and an amazing revelation at the end.
Fear and Trembling was first published in 1936. This new edition features an introduction by Steve Barge.
- GenresMystery
223 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 5, 2020
About the author
Brian Flynn
104 books26 followers"Brian Flynn, English author and an accountant in government service, a lecturer in elocution and speech, an amateur actor. He wrote about 50 novels, mostly for the library market. His serial character is Anthony Bathurst." - fantasticfiction.com
Also wrote under the pseudonym Charles Wogan.
Also wrote under the pseudonym Charles Wogan.
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December 30, 2020
Although this is a good mystery, I would hesitate to describe it as "great". For me it stops just short of that. There is plenty of adroit misdirection and more clues than Flynn often provides. And yet...
Partly it is the structure. There is a good start, and a nicely-melodramatic finish, but a lot of soggy middle. Then there are all the women Four somewhat enigmatic, beautiful and clever women in the plot, for one of whom Anthony Bathurst rather wetly falls. I found the affair unconvincing and, as we used to say in my young day, "the patter was rotten". I prefer AB celibate and romantically-uninvolved.
Despite all these quibbles, it is a rather good yarn and, although I did see through the fog, it was not unchallenging.
Recommended to all lovers of classic GAD fiction.
Partly it is the structure. There is a good start, and a nicely-melodramatic finish, but a lot of soggy middle. Then there are all the women Four somewhat enigmatic, beautiful and clever women in the plot, for one of whom Anthony Bathurst rather wetly falls. I found the affair unconvincing and, as we used to say in my young day, "the patter was rotten". I prefer AB celibate and romantically-uninvolved.
Despite all these quibbles, it is a rather good yarn and, although I did see through the fog, it was not unchallenging.
Recommended to all lovers of classic GAD fiction.
December 22, 2020
Engaging, Intriguing, Entertaining
Only one left Anthony Bathurst left, sigh. Fast paced, plenty of action & great characters with a cleverly discovered solution to an imaginative dastardly crime.
Only one left Anthony Bathurst left, sigh. Fast paced, plenty of action & great characters with a cleverly discovered solution to an imaginative dastardly crime.
July 25, 2026
Rating 3
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