Weekend at Thrackley
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| Author | Alan Melville |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Skeffington & Son |
Publication date | 1934 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Pages | 240 |
Weekend at Thrackley is a 1934 detective novel by the British writer Alan Melville.[1] A whodunit with comic overtones, it takes the form of a country house mystery, a genre at its height during the decade. His debut novel, it was a commercial success and led to him giving up his job in the timber trade to become a full-time writer. It was reissued in 2018 by the British Library Publishing, as part of a group of crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Synopsis
[edit]Jim Henderson is one of six guests invited by Edwin Carson, an avid collector of precious gems to his gloomy country estate at Thrackley.
Film adaptation
[edit]In 1952 it was adapted into the film Hot Ice directed by Kenneth Hume and starring John Justin, Barbara Murray and Ivor Barnard.[2][3]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Clinton, Franz Anthony. British Thrillers, 1950-1979: 845 Films of Suspense, Mystery, Murder and Espionage. McFarland, 2020.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
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