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Inspector McLean #43

by George Goodchild, Enzo Cappelli (Taduttore)

A un giovane pieno di ambizioni letterarie viene offerto in prestito un villino nel Dorset, affinché possa scrivere il suo primo romanzo. Quello che dovrebbe essere un tranquillo periodo di “concentrazione letteraria” viene bruscamente interrotto dalla morte improvvisa del vecchio proprietario della tenuta, e il giovane autore si trova coinvolto in una vicenda misteriosa. L’ispettore McLean di Scotland Yard, che interviene togliendo le indagini dalle mani della polizia locale rimane assai perplesso di fronte alle circostanze che accompagnano la morte del vecchio possidente. E che cosa mai può significare il messaggio diretto alla figlia della vittima... “A torre oscura il prode Orlando scese?” Chi è, in questo caso, “il prode Orlando”? E dov’è la torre oscura? Perché la figlia del morto è disposta a spergiurare piuttosto che dire la verità sul proprio passato? E chi, infine, ha avvelenato il vecchio? L’ispettore McLean paziente e astuto, risolve l’enigma a poco a poco, ma giusto in tempo per salvare due vite. Mistero, indagine e avventura si trovano felicemente

125 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

George B. Goodchild (1888-1969) aka Alan Dare, Wallace Q. Reid, and Jesse Templeton, was an incredibly prolific successful British author. His career lasted over 60 years (1916-published after death, still reprinted); his works number around 210, most under his own name.

Little is known of his life. GR system bug adds January 1 to his birth date, but the actual date is unknown. Born in Kingston-upon-Thames in 1888, he married Dora Mary Hill and had one son and two daughters. He lived at The Great Quarry, Guildford. Before full-time writing, he had experience in journalism and publishing. He died at Aldershot in March 1969, aged 80.

Featured characters were Scotland Yard Inspector McLean, spy catcher Q33, Trooper O'Neill, cowboy Colorado Jim (Jack) and Nigel Rix. McLean appeared in The Weekly News even anonymously until 6 October 1979, ten years after Goodchild died, and inspired Dandy Inspector McLean Library published by D.C. Thomson. An early 1921 story in The Children's Newspaper was a rare contribution to the scifi genre. Only a handful of his books are still in print, recently some republished in large print. Colorado Jim is the only one on gutenberg.org as of Jan 2012.
(in-progress chronological list of works on aneyespy