The Silk Stocking Murders: A Detective Story Club Classic Crime Novel (The Detective Club) Audiobook By Anthony Berkeley, Tony Medawar - introduction cover art

The Silk Stocking Murders: A Detective Story Club Classic Crime Novel (The Detective Club)

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The Silk Stocking Murders: A Detective Story Club Classic Crime Novel (The Detective Club)

By: Anthony Berkeley, Tony Medawar - introduction
Narrated by: Mike Grady
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A classic Golden Age crime novel, and one of the first to feature a serial killer.

Investigating the disappearance of a vicar’s daughter in London, the popular novelist and amateur detective Roger Sheringham is shocked to discover that the girl is already dead, found hanging from a screw by her own silk stocking. Reports of similar deaths across the capital strengthen his conviction that this is no suicide cult but the work of a homicidal maniac out for vengeance – a desperate situation requiring desperate measures.

Having established Roger Sheringham as a brilliant but headstrong young sleuth who frequently made mistakes, trusted the wrong people and imbibed considerable liquid refreshment, Anthony Berkeley took his controversial character into much darker territory with The Silk Stocking Murders, a sensational novel about gruesome serial killings by an apparent psychopath bent on targeting vulnerable young women.

©1928 Anthony Berkeley (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Amateur Sleuths Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Mystery Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Urban
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Critic reviews

‘Anthony Berkeley is the supreme master not of the “twist” but of the “double-twist”.’ Milward Kennedy in the Sunday Times

‘Detection and crime at its wittiest – all Berkeley’s stories are amusing, intriguing and he is a master of the final twist.’
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Setting aside the obviously outdated cultural references, a good and intriguing plot, really well constructed and entertaining. Looking forward to reading more. Great performance.

Intriguing plot, compelling psychology

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Compared to Berkeley other works or to any other golden age novel this is quite terrible. Starts well and then becomes improbable unrealistic and goofy. Try jumping Jenny which is a masterpiece

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