Trent's Last Case: The Woman in Black

by E C Bentley

Overview

Masterwork of the genre features detective Philip Trent in a case involving the murder of millionaire American financier Sigsbee Manderson, slain while on holiday in England. Trent matches wits with Scotland Yard's Inspector Murth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781548114244
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/15/2017
Pages:	184
Sales rank:	655,976
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Edmund Clerihew Bentley (July 10, 1875-March 30, 1956) was an English humorist and novelist. Oxford educated, he worked as a journalist for a number of London papers including The Daily Telegraph. He invented a form of humorous biographical verse called the clerihew. Encouraged by his friend G. K. Chesterton to write a mystery novel he wrote Trent's Last Case (1913). He also wrote a sequel Trent's Own Case in 1936 as well as a series of short stories involving the character. He was president of the Detection Club which included some of the most famous mystery writers of the day from 1936 to 1949 and wrote for their radio serials in 1930 and 1931.

What People are Saying About This

Jon L. Breen

One of the first important modern detective novels was E.C. Bentley's Trent's Last Case, often cited as the precursor of the Golden Age. The impact of the world war may have delayed Bentley's influence from being fully felt before the next decade.

Editorial Reviews

Bentley's 1912 mystery masterpiece, Trent's Last Case, which introduced Philip Trent, a fallible, human detective with reconizable emotions, was astounding for its time and still stands up well today.

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