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The Seat of the Scornful
British Library Crime Classics (Related to this series)
- Author
- John Dickson Carr
- Narrator
- Kris Dyer
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 October 2022
- Run Time
- 8 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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- Author
- John Dickson Carr
- Narrator
- Kris Dyer
- Duration
- 8 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 October 2022
- ISBN
- 9781399143288
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
When the police arrive at the holiday bungalow of the haughty Justice Ireton to find a man killed by gunshot and the high court judge brandishing a pistol, the case seems as straightforward as it is scandalous. Yet, with the incongruous assemblage of physical evidence, the judge's denial of any participation in the crime and the recent events of his daughter's love life combined, the deceptively simple case is soon steeped in complexity. At a loss in the bizarre circumstances, the local force calls in the larger-than-life sleuth Dr Gideon Fell, who just the previous day had been contending with Ireton's intellect over a game of chess. With Fell and the judge now facing off as detective and suspect, a new battle of wits begins in this fiendishly plotted masterclass of the mystery genre, first published in 1942.
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