{"product_id":"the-wintringham-mystery-cicely-disappears-paperback","title":"The Wintringham Mystery: Cicely Disappears - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTony Medawar\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRepublished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the founder of the Detection Club, with a twist that even Agatha Christie couldn't solve!\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Munro, a demobbed army officer, reconciles himself to taking a job as a footman to make ends meet. Employed at Wintringham Hall, the delightful but decaying Sussex country residence of the elderly Lady Susan Carey, his first task entails welcoming her eccentric guests to a weekend house-party, at which her bombastic nephew - who recognises Stephen from his former life - decides that an after-dinner séance would be more entertaining than bridge. Then Cicely disappears!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Lady Susan reluctant to call the police about what is presumably a childish prank, Stephen and the plucky Pauline Mainwaring take it upon themselves to investigate. But then a suspicious death turns the game into an altogether more serious affair...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic winter mystery incorporates all the trappings of the Golden Age - a rambling country house, a séance, a murder, a room locked on the inside, with servants, suspects and alibis, a romance - and an ingenious puzzle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published as a 30-part newspaper serial in 1926 - the year \u003cem\u003eThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd\u003c\/em\u003e was published, \u003cem\u003eThe Wintringham Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e was written by Anthony Berkeley, founder of the famous Detection Club. Also known as \u003cem\u003eCicely Disappears\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e ran the story as a competition with a prize of  500 (equivalent to  30,000 today) for anyone who guessed the solution correctly. Nobody did - even Agatha Christie entered and couldn't solve it. Can you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Berkeley (1893-1971) was the founder of the Detection Club and a highly innovative early crime writer. He is acknowledged as inventing the psychological crime novel, and \u003cem\u003eThe Poisoned Chocolates Case\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most successful of the British Library's classic crime reissues. He wrote \u003cem\u003eMalice Aforethought\u003c\/em\u003e and other thrillers as Francis Iles, but gave up writing novels before WW2 and became better known afterwards as literary critic for the \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766542532896,"sku":"9780008470104","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e7564ce7c27a650ea642a88e730a8659.webp?v=1780294278","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-wintringham-mystery-cicely-disappears-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}