Death Invites You by Paul Halter

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Did Harold Vickers, the best-selling author of impossible crimes foresee his own death, or did he possibly even arrange it? When two guests knock on her door with dinner invitations, Mrs. Vickers is dumbfounded, for her husband has been locked in his study for several days. Yet there are sounds and cooking smells emanating from the room, and when the door is broken down, a dead body resembling her husband is slumped over the fully-laden dinner table with its hands and face in a pan in which show more the oil is still boiling. The room is sealed and nobody could have got out of the room without being seen, yet the food is still cooking. A mysterious half-filled bowl of water sits beneath the shuttered windows. What connection is there with the death of his own father, who also died slumped over the table and promised to return from the grave to revenge his own death? Or the Lonely Hearts killer who recently terrorized London before committing suicide. This is LRI's eleventh Paul Halter translation. The author, a best-selling novelist in his native France, has written over thirty novels, almost all 'locked room' or 'impossible crime,' and is widely regarded as the successor to John Dickson Carr. He appeared on BBC Radio 4's program 'Miles Jupp in a Locked Room,' broadcast on May 21, 2012. An earlier novel 'The Crimson Fog' was named one of Publisher's Weekly's Top Mysteries of 2013. Locked Room International also translates and publishes the works of other international impossible crime authors past and present. For information about signed and lettered editions of all living authors please contact pugmire1@yahoo.com or go to www.mylri.com. show less

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zenAndroid 137 reviews

Not bad, will re-read some portion because unfortunately i have a problem picturing and understanding explanations about keys and locks being manipulated and such.
Je n'ai pas trop aimé le caractère de Hurst, c'était certainement un choix intentionnel de l'auteur, mais je ne suis sérieusement pas d'accord.
Pas sûr d'avoir bien compris la solution (surtout les trucs par rapport aux serrures etc), mais la révélation éventuelle de l'assasin est pas mal, pas mal du tout.
Alan Twist était un detective ... moyen? rien de trop special, mais assez bon.
Vraiment VRAIMENT besoin de relire PERIODIQUEMENT la section à propos de l'explication des manip sur la serrure.
L'explication, maintenant que j'ai relue une partie à tête reposée, est show more bien satisfaisante.
Je recommande, je pense que je vais lire de prochains romans Paul Halter. show less

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Voglioleggere 138 reviews

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Feb 1, 2009

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