First U.S. edition. An actor playing Sherlock Holmes decides to help the police solve a series of baffling murders. vi , 216 pages. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket.. 8vo..

A Three Pipe Problem

Symons. Julian

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Collins Crime Club

Mylar protected dustjacket is tattered at edges and stained. Edgewear to boards. Rubbing in front free end paper.

THE MAN WHO LOST HIS WIFE.

Literature & Fiction

COLLINS. LONDON 1970

The plot against Roger Rider

Harper&Row

"Julian Symons, the distinguished English crime novelist and critic, has given us the best history of the detective story and crime novel yet written. I found it wonderfully good reading!" -- Ross Macdonald

Mortal consequences;: A history from the detective story to the crime novel

A Three-pipe Problem

A fading actor is playing the detective Sherlock Holmes in a TV series. Persuading himself that by following in the master's footsteps he can solve a string of apparently unrelated murders - the "Karate Killings" - he begins to investigate the crimes.

A three-pipe problem

Sweet Adelaide

An account of the main events, realities, and purposes of Poe's life precedes a commentary on his poems, stories, and other writings

Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Harpercollins

A sinister web of blackmail, adultery, and poisoning is uncovered after Beatrice's husband suddenly becomes sick and dies and her mother, the heiress of Albert House, develops the same mysterious symptoms

The Blackheath Poisonings: A Victorian Murder Mystery

Genre Fiction

When a stranger arrives at Belting, he is met with a very mixed reception by the occupants of the old house. Claiming his so-called ‘rightful inheritance’ the stranger makes plans to take up residence at once. Such a thing was bound to cause problems amongst the family – but why were so many of them turning up dead?

Belting Inheritance

Thrillers & Suspense

Perennial Library

In May 1926, Britain was gripped by what became known as the General Strike. This downing of tools lasted for nine days, during which time it divided the people, threatened the survival of the government of the day and brought the country nearer to revolution that it perhaps had ever been. In this accurate and lively account, Symons draws on contemporary press reports, letters and oral sources, along with TUC records to provide an invaluable historical account of the remarkable event and the people and places that featured so prominently in it.

The General Strike: A historical portrait

Business & Money

Economics

Cresset Library

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