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Portrait of a murderer / Anne Meredith ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards.
Van Pelt Library PR6025.E64 P67 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meredith, Anne, 1899-1973, author.
- Edwards, Martin, 1955- author of introduction, etc.
- Series:
- British Library crime classics
- British Library Crime Classics.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Fiction.
- Murder.
- Father and child--Fiction.
- Father and child.
- Murderers--Fiction.
- Murderers.
- Christmas stories.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Christmas stories.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 243 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London British Library, 2017.
- Summary:
- Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931.Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, Kings Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been granted.
- ISBN:
- 9780712352451
- 0712352457
- OCLC:
- 1007654833
- Publisher Number:
- 99975320819
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