Philip Trent

The second novel from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case.

About the author

Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born in London in 1875; most of his working life was spent at the Daily Telegraph and as a literary critic in.

Later in life he became President of the Detection Club, and contributed to the early collaborative efforts of the Detection Club, Behind the Screen and The Scoop in 1930 and 1931. But his reputation as a detective story writer rests almost entirely on his first detective novel. He died in London in March 1956.

Martin Edwards is an award-winning crime novelist whose Lake District Mysteries have been optioned by ITV. Elected to the Detection Club in 2008, he became the first Archivist of the Club, and is also Archivist of the Crime Writers’ Association. Renowned as the leading expert on the history of Golden Age detective fiction, he won the Crimefest Mastermind Quiz three times, and possesses one of Britain’s finest collections of Golden Age novels.

Summary

The second novel from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case.

Product details

• Authors: E C Bentley, E. C. Bentley
• Assisted by: Martin Edwards (Introduction), Edwards Martin (Introduction)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780008333928
• ISBN: 978-0-00-833392-8
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Assisted by: H. Warner Allen
• Series: Philip Trent
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic crime, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary