Obelists At Sea

byC. Daly King, Martin Edwards (Introducer)

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‘Unusually puzzling … highly enthralling’ New York Times

The lights go off aboard the luxury transatlantic cruise liner, Meganaut, as it makes its way from New York to Paris. In the darkness, a gunshot rings out. And when the light is restored, a man is found dead in the smoking room.

But the situation becomes more complicated when the passengers realise that the deceased had apparently ingested cyanide just seconds before being shot.

There are four psychiatrists aboard and they convince the captain to let them take a stab at solving the crime. Will their knowledge of the human psyche be a help or a hindrance? Can they figure out the puzzle’s solution before the killer strikes again?

About C. Daly King

C. Daly King (1895-1963) was an American psychologist and detective story writer. He was born in New York City and educated at Yale University. After fighting in World War I, he worked in textiles and in advertising before returning to school to study psychology, with a particular focus on sleep and consciousness. In the 1930s, King published nine books that quickly established him as a master of the Golden Age mystery, but ceased writing fiction with the advent of World War II.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781804999493
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Price: £10.99
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