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Weekend at Thrackley

Summary: Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious stones, to a weekend party at his country house, Thrackley. The house is gloomy and forbidding but the party is warm and hospitable except for the presence of Jacobson, the sinister butler. The other guests are wealthy people draped in jewels; Jim cannot imagine why he belongs in such company. After a weekend of adventure, with attempted robbery and a vanishing guest, secrets come to light and Jim unravels a mystery from his past.

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  • ISBN: 9781464209710
  • ISBN: 1464209715
  • ISBN: 9781464209727
  • Physical Description: print
    235 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in 1934 by Skeffington & Son, Ltd." -- verso.
Subject: Country homes -- Fiction
Secrecy -- Fiction
Hospitality -- Fiction
Rich people -- Crimes against -- Fiction
Collectors and collecting -- Fiction
Precious stones -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction
Surrey (England) -- Fiction
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

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Summary: Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious stones, to a weekend party at his country house, Thrackley. The house is gloomy and forbidding but the party is warm and hospitable except for the presence of Jacobson, the sinister butler. The other guests are wealthy people draped in jewels; Jim cannot imagine why he belongs in such company. After a weekend of adventure, with attempted robbery and a vanishing guest, secrets come to light and Jim unravels a mystery from his past.
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