Weekend at Thrackley
By: Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards
Contributors: Edwards, Martin, 1955-
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781464209710
Copyright date: 1934
Subjects: Rich people; Crimes against; Fiction; Collection and preservation; Precious stones; Secrecy; Hospitality; Country homes; Collectors and collecting
Description: Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious stones, to a weekend party at his country house, Thrackley. The house is gloomy and forbidding but the party is warm and hospitable except for the presence of Jacobson, the sinister butler. The other guests are wealthy people draped in jewels; Jim cannot imagine why he belongs in such company. After a weekend of adventure, with attempted robbery and a vanishing guest, secrets come to light and Jim unravels a mystery from his past.