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Dark Days and Much Darker Days: A Detective Story Club Christmas Annual (Detective Club Crime Classics)
Hugh Conway
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Description for Dark Days and Much Darker Days: A Detective Story Club Christmas Annual (Detective Club Crime Classics)
Hardcover. A 'shilling shocker' from the late 19th century, a macabre novel of murder and its consequences, originally published as a Christmas Annual for adults and now reissued complete with a hilarious parody by satirist Andrew Lang released the same Christmas. Series: The Detective Club. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 192 x 27. Weight in Grams: 280.
A `shilling shocker' from the late 19th century, a macabre novel of murder and its consequences, originally published as a Christmas Annual for adults and now reissued complete with a hilarious parody by satirist Andrew Lang released the same Christmas. In the eyes of the law, murder is murder. When Dr North discovers that his beloved Philippa - surely the most beautiful murderess who ever crossed the pages of fiction - has killed her abusive husband, he must decide whether to turn her in or ... Read more
A `shilling shocker' from the late 19th century, a macabre novel of murder and its consequences, originally published as a Christmas Annual for adults and now reissued complete with a hilarious parody by satirist Andrew Lang released the same Christmas. In the eyes of the law, murder is murder. When Dr North discovers that his beloved Philippa - surely the most beautiful murderess who ever crossed the pages of fiction - has killed her abusive husband, he must decide whether to turn her in or ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
The Detective Club
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780008137748
SKU
V9780008137748
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-27
About Hugh Conway
Hugh Conway aka Frederick John Fargus (1847-1885) was a Bristol auctioneer who found fame as a writer when his 1883 book Called Back sold an astonishing 350,000 copies and was the publishing sensation of the year, effectively reinventing the crime novel. Compared favourably to Wilkie Collins, he wrote the equally successful Called Back the following year, but died from typhoid ... Read more
Reviews for Dark Days and Much Darker Days: A Detective Story Club Christmas Annual (Detective Club Crime Classics)
`Wilkie Collins never penned a more enthralling story.' TRUTH Attractively bound in black and gold, with vivid coloured jackets, these books are bound to be immensely popular. DAILY MIRROR