The Rasp
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 23, 2021
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- Who it’s for
- A country-house murder mystery for readers who like a case that resists easy answers.
- Themes
- Murder investigation, Bringing a killer to justice
- Genres
- British Mystery, Private Eye Fiction, Spy Fiction
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The Rasp introduces the world to the amazing Anthony Gethryn, an ex-secret service agent, and occasional newspaper correspondent. He is assigned to cover the story of a cabinet minister, John Hoode, who was found murdered in the library of his country house, battered to death with a wood-rasp. Scotland yard has only one suspect Hoode’s secretary Alan Deacon. But Gethryn is convinced that Deacon did not do it.
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To prove that he’ll have to investigate himself and find the real killer. But everyone else who might have had a motive has a cast-iron alibi. Can he crack the case and bring the killer to justice? An ingenious murder mystery. —Kine Weekly I was certainly entertained all of the way through.—Mystery*File a very puzzling case and clever solution.— Arm Chair Reviewer
Alibis Under Pressure
A country-house murder mystery for readers who like a case that resists easy answers.
Come here for
- A determined investigator willing to question the obvious suspect
- The pleasure of sorting through motives and apparently airtight alibis
Expect
- A puzzling murder case led by an ex-secret-service agent
- A clever solution, as promised by the description
Where it sits
| British Mystery | 71% |
|---|---|
| Private Eye Fiction | 24% |
| Spy Fiction | 19% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sci-Fi Crime
- Crime Fiction
- Authors
- Philip MacDonald
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- March 23, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Murder investigation · Bringing a killer to justice
- Reading lane
- Sci-Fi Crime