Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries (eBook)

A Collection of Classic Detective Stories

Melville Davisson Post (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
256 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82606-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Acclaimed collection chronicles crime-solving exploits of a powerful mind and moral figure in 19th- century Appalachia. In 18 intriguing tales, Uncle Abner employs deductive skills and his faith-based sense of justice to expose evil-doing.

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This famous collection, reprinted in its entirety, chronicles the exploits of Uncle Abner, a powerful mind and moral figure in the wilderness and frontier territories of the Appalachians. Set in the 1840s and 1850s in what is now West Virginia, these 18 stories profile the detective as seen through the eyes of his young nephew. With a combination of shrewd deductive skill, uncanny intuition, and keen powers of perception, Uncle Abner deftly exposes evil and evildoers.Abner has many opportunities to exercise his skills in this wild, brutal frontier. How could a murderer come through a closed window, without disturbing the cobwebs? How can a dead man and his horse be made to vanish? How could thieves creep through an ordinary keyhole to steal a hoard of gold? Author Melville Davisson Post was a lawyer before he turned to fiction, and the Uncle Abner stories reflect his expertise, abounding in subtle nuances of evidence, criminal investigation, and points of law. Loaded with historical, political, and religious observations, these tales offer fine entertainment for lovers of classic detective fiction.

Autor

Melville Davisson Post (1869–1930) was a lawyer before he became one of America's most highly regarded writers, and his Uncle Abner stories abound in subtle nuances of evidence, criminal investigation, and points of law. Post's fiction is noteworthy for its remarkable form, imaginative plots, economical writing, and inexorable inner story logic.

Inhalt

1. The Doomdorf Mystery2. The Wrong Hand3. The Angel of the Lord4. An Act of God5. The Treasure Hunter6. The House of the Dead Man7. A Twilight Adventure8. The Cage of Miracles9. The Tenth Commandment10. The Devil's Tools11. The Hidden Law12. The Riddle13. The Straw Man14. The Mystery of Chance15. The Concealed Path16. The Edge of the Shadow17. The Adopted Daughter18. Naboth's Vineyard

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.10.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Mystery Classics
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: Appalachia • appalachian story • body disappears • Collections & Anthologies • criminal investigation • deductive skill • engaging • Fiction • intelligent detective • Investigations • keen powers of perception • lively • mid 19th century mystery • Murder • Mystery • Mystery & Detective • Page Turner • political and religious observations • shrewdness • Thriller • uncanny intuition
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82606-6 / 0486826066
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82606-6 / 9780486826066