The Notting Hill Mystery

Charles Warren Adams

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The British Library Publishing Division
01 May 2015

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

Series: British Library Crime Classics

The Notting Hill Mystery has been widely described as the first detective novel. The story is told by the insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R

, suspected of murdering his wife in order to claim her life insurance. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue, including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.

Presented in the form of diary entries, family letters, chemical analysis reports, interviews with witnesses and a crime scene map, the novel displays innovative techniques that would not become common features of detective fiction until the 1920s. This novel launched the British Library Crime Classics series in 2012, and is now reissued with a striking new cover design

By: Charles Warren Adams
Imprint: The British Library Publishing Division
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 132mm,
ISBN: 9780712356268
ISBN 10: 0712356266
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 01 May 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Warren Adams was a journalist, traveller, lawyer and sole proprietor of the firm Saunders, Otley & Co, which published Once a Week, the magazine in which The Notting Hill Mystery was first published.