Books with title The White Cottage Mystery

Classic Crime from the Golden Age. Margery Allingham is J.K. Rowling's favorite Golden Age author.Eric Crowther collected secrets and used them as weapons. Delighting in nothing more than torturing those around him with what he knew, there is no shortage of suspects when he is found dead in the White Cottage. Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry will have to look deep into everyone's past--including the victim's--before they can be sure who has pulled the trigger. The fact that Jerry is in love with one of the suspects, however, might complicate things. The White Cottage Mystery was Margery Allingham's first detective story, originally written as a serial for the Daily Express in 1927 and published as a book a year later. This new Bloomsbury edition is the only US edition currently in print.

Classic Crime from the Golden Age. Margery Allingham is J.K. Rowling's favourite Golden Age author. Eric Crowther collected secrets and used them as weapons. Delighting in nothing more than torturing those around him with what he knew, there is no shortage of suspects when he is found dead in the White Cottage. Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry will have to look deep into everyone's past – including the victim's – before they can be sure who has pulled the trigger. The fact that Jerry is in love with one of the suspects, however, might complicate things. The White Cottage Mystery was Margery Allingham's first detective story, originally written as a serial for the Daily Express in 1927 and published as a book a year later. With a country house, blackmail and murder, The White Cottage Mystery is a classic of the Golden Age of detective fiction.

Seven people might have murdered Eric Crowther, the mysterious recluse who lived in the gaunt house whose shadow fell across the White Cottage. Seven people had good cause. It was not lack of evidence that sent Detective Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry half across Europe to unravel a chaos of clues. The White Cottage Mystery was Margery Allingham's first detective story, published initially as a newspaper serial. Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family immersed in literature. Her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, was published in 1923 when she was 19. Her first work of detective fiction was a serialized story published by the Daily Express in 1927. Entitled The White Cottage Mystery, it contained atypical themes for a woman writer of the era. Her breakthrough occurred in 1929 with the publication of The Crime at Black Dudley. This introduced Albert Campion, albeit originally as a minor character. He returned in Mystery Mile, thanks in part to pressure from her American publishers, much taken with the character. Campion proved so successful that Allingham made him the centrepiece of another 17 novels and over 20 short stories, continuing into the 1960s.

Seven people might have murdered Eric Crowther, the mysterious recluse who lived in the gaunt house whose shadow fell across the White Cottage. Seven people had good cause. It was not lack of evidence that sent Detective Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry half across Europe to unravel a chaos of clues. The White Cottage Mystery was Margery Allingham's first detective story, published initially as a newspaper serial. Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family immersed in literature. Her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, was published in 1923 when she was 19. Her first work of detective fiction was a serialized story published by the Daily Express in 1927. Entitled The White Cottage Mystery, it contained atypical themes for a woman writer of the era. Her breakthrough occurred in 1929 with the publication of The Crime at Black Dudley. This introduced Albert Campion, albeit originally as a minor character. He returned in Mystery Mile, thanks in part to pressure from her American publishers, much taken with the character. Campion proved so successful that Allingham made him the centrepiece of another 17 novels and over 20 short stories, continuing into the 1960s.

Classic Crime from the Golden Age. Margery Allingham is J.K. Rowling's favourite Golden Age author. Eric Crowther collected secrets and used them as weapons. Delighting in nothing more than torturing those around him with what he knew, there is no shortage of suspects when he is found dead in the White Cottage. Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry will have to look deep into everyone's past – including the victim's – before they can be sure who has pulled the trigger. The fact that Jerry is in love with one of the suspects, however, might complicate things. The White Cottage Mystery was Margery Allingham's first detective story, originally written as a serial for the Daily Express in 1927 and published as a book a year later. With a country house, blackmail and murder, The White Cottage Mystery is a classic of the Golden Age of detective fiction.

Seven people might have murdered Eric Crowther, the mysterious recluse who lived in the gaunt house whose shadow fell across the White Cottage. Seven people had good cause. It was not lack of evidence that sent Detective Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry half across Europe to unravel a chaos of clues. The White Cottage Mystery was Margery Allingham's first detective story, published initially as a newspaper serial.

Enid Blyton - Mystery 01 - Mystery Of The Burnt CottageMystery 01- Mystery of the Burnt Cottage - Blyton, Enid.The Five Find-Outers and Buster the Dog.The Burning Cottage.It was at half-past nine on a dark April night that all the excitement began.The village of Peterswood was perfectly quiet and peaceful, except for a dogbarking somewhere. Then suddenly, to the west of the village, a great lightflared up.Larry Daykin was just getting into bed when he saw it. He had pulled back hiscurtains so that the daylight would wake him, and he suddenly saw the flare tothe west."Golly! What's that!" he said. He called to his sister. "Daisy! I say, comehere and look. There's a funny flare-up down in the village somewhere."His sister came into the bedroom in her nightdress. She looked out of thewindow."It's a fire!" she said. "It looks pretty big, doesn't it? I wonder what itis. Do you think it's some one's house on fire?""We'd better go and see," said Larry, excited. "Let's get dressed again. Mummyand Daddy are out, so they won't know anything about the fire. Come on,hurry."Larry and Daisy dressed quickly, and then ran down the stairs and out into thedark garden. As they went down the lane they passed another house, and heardthe sound of hurrying footsteps coming down the drive there."It's Pip, I bet," said Larry, and shone his torch up the drive. The lightpicked out a boy about his own age, and with him a small girl of about eight."Hallo, Bets! You coming too?" called Daisy, surprised. "I should have thoughtyou'd have been asleep.""Larry!" called Pip. "It's a fire, isn't it? Whose house is burning, do youthink? Will they send for the fire-engine?""The house will be burnt down before the firemen comeall the way from the next village!" said Larry. "Come on - it looks as if it'sdown Haycock Lane."They all ran on together. Some of the villagers had seen" the glare too, andwere running down the lane as well. It was exciting."It's Mr. Hick's house," said a man. "Sure as anything it's his house."They all poured down to the end of the lane. The glare became higher andbrighter."It's not the house!" cried Larry. "It's the cottage he works in, in thegarden - his workroom. Golly, there won't be much left of it!"There certainly wouldn't. The place was old, half-timbered and thatched, andthe dry straw of the roof was blazing strongly.Mr. Goon, the village policeman, was there, directing men to throw water

Seven people might have murdered Eric Crowther, the mysterious recluse who lived in the gaunt house whose shadow fell across the White Cottage. Seven people had good cause. It was not lack of evidence that sent Detective Chief Inspector Challenor and his son Jerry half across Europe to unravel a chaos of clues. The White Cottage Mystery was Margery Allingham's first detective story, published initially as a newspaper serial.