The Orange Axe: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery
- Authors
- Brian Flynn
- Publisher
- Dean Street Press
- Date
- 2019-10-07T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.40 MB
- Lang
- en
“As you seem to be indicating a spot of murder—well—let’s have the facts.”
Major Daniel Wyatt gathers a group of six people together in the back room of a London restaurant. All are acquainted with André de Ravenac – a known blackmailer, but most probably also a serial murderer. He is currently threatening to destroy the life of a woman they all care for. Hence a plan is hatched to assassinate De Ravenac at a masked ball – and once all of the men agree, lots are drawn. Each is assigned a random role in the plan – as they are all of roughly the same build and will be wearing masks, nobody will know which of them is the man who carries out the fatal blow . . .
The Orange Axe , the ninth Anthony Bathurst mystery, was originally published in 1931. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.
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