Trent intervenes

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Author

E. C. Bentley

Publication

1981 - Dover Publications, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

64,750 words, Guess

Page Count

259 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL4122545M
ISBN-100486240983
OCLC Control Numbertrentintervenes0000bent
Library of Congress Control Number80069482
Goodreads2336236

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LibraryThing87291

Classifications

DDC823/.912
LCCPR6003.E7247 T74 1981

Description

Philip Trent is an artist, a journalist, and an urbane unraveller of highly problematical crimes. He comes to his avocation naturally, for he is a "man of tropically luxuriant mental gifts" who is "clever at getting at the truth about things other people don't understand." In fact, his wide knowledge of arcane bits of information stands him in good stead while pursuing the criminals in this collection of ingenious stories. Here the unshakable sleuth appears in twelve tales of misadventure, where he is called upon to bring to bear his knowledge of antiques and heraldry, gold, medicine, law, the theater, geography, languages, literature, the book world, the underworld, and the world of wine. The crimes that he investigates range from fraud and embezzlement to criminal assault and murder, yet they all succumb to his adept methods even if the criminal sometimes escapes. Several of the stories may be termed classics.