The Wychford Poisoning Case

Collins Crime Club

Anthony Berkeley, Tony Medawar

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07 September 2021

Fiction & Literature; Classic crime

A classic British crime novel from the Golden Age – perhaps the first ever psychological crime novel – by the founder of the Detection Club, marking 50 years since the death of the author.

Mrs Bentley has been arrested for murder. The evidence is overwhelming: arsenic she extracted from fly papers was in her husband’s medicine, his food and his lemonade, and her crimes are being plastered across the newspapers. Even her lawyers believe she is guilty. But Roger Sheringham, the brilliant but outspoken young novelist, is convinced that there is ‘too much evidence’ against Mrs Bentley and sets out to prove her innocence.

Credited as the book that first introduced psychology to the detective novel, The Wychford Poisoning Case was based on a notorious real-life murder inquiry. Written by Anthony Berkeley, a founder of the celebrated Detection Club who also found fame under the pen-name ‘Francis Iles’, the story saw the return of Roger Sheringham, the Golden Age’s breeziest – and booziest – detective.

By: Anthony Berkeley
Introduction by: Tony Medawar
Imprint: Collins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780008333881
ISBN 10: 0008333882
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 07 September 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anthony Berkeley was a pen name of Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971), one of the most important figures in the history of British crime fiction. Many of his novels feature the amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham. As well as being the author of many classic detective stories, Berkeley was the founder of the prestigious Detection Club for the finest crime writers.

Reviews for The Wychford Poisoning Case (Collins Crime Club)

'Detection and crime at its wittiest - all Berkeley's stories are amusing, intriguing and he is a master of the final twist.' Agatha Christie 'Anthony Berkeley is the supreme master not of the twist but of the double-twist .' Milward Kennedy in the Sunday Times