num_pages: 176
description: "One of the few genuine classics of detective fiction." — The New York Times. The case begins when millionaire American financier Sigsbee Manderson is murdered while on holiday in England. A London newspaper sends Trent to investigate, and he is soon matching wits with Scotland Yard's Inspector Murth as they probe ever deeper in search of a solution to a mystery filled with odd, mysterious twists and turns. Called by Agatha Christie "one of the best detective stories ever written," Trent's Last Case delights with its flesh-and-blood characters, its naturalness and easy humor, and its style, which, as Dorothy Sayers has noted, "ranges from a vividly coloured rhetoric to a delicate and ironical literary fancy." New Introduction by Douglas G. Greene.
language: English
title: Trent's Last Case
titlecomplete: Trent's Last Case (Dover Mystery Classics)
characters: Philip Trent, Calvin Bunner, Martin (Trent's Last Case), Mabel Manderson, Nathaniel Burton Cupples, John Marlowe, Inspector Murch
genres: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature, Detective, Golden Age Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Classics, 20th Century, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 3725
places: England, United Kingdom
series: Philip Trent
publisher: Dover Publications