Weekend at Thrackley
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| Author | Alan Melville |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Skeffington & Son |
| Publication date | 1934 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 240 |
Weekend at Thrackley is a 1934 detective novel by the British writer Alan Melville.[1] A whodunit with comic overtones, it takes the form of a country house mystery, a genre at its height during the decade. His debut novel, it was a commercial success and led to him giving up his job in the timber trade to become a full-time writer. It was reissued in 2018 by the British Library Publishing, as part of a group of crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Synopsis
Jim Henderson is one of six guests invited by Edwin Carson, an avid collector of precious gems to his gloomy country estate at Thrackley.
Film adaptation
In 1952 it was adapted into the film Hot Ice directed by Kenneth Hume and starring John Justin, Barbara Murray and Ivor Barnard.[2][3]
References
Bibliography
- Clinton, Franz Anthony. British Thrillers, 1950-1979: 845 Films of Suspense, Mystery, Murder and Espionage. McFarland, 2020.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
Categories:
- 1934 debut novels
- 1934 British novels
- 1934 English-language novels
- British detective novels
- British mystery novels
- Mystery novels set in England
- Novels set in mansions and country houses
- Fiction about gemstones
- British novels adapted into films
- Novels by Alan Melville (writer)
- 1930s mystery novels
- 1930s crime novel stubs