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Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley

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Also by Anthony Berkeley:

Jumping Jenny, January 2023
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Murder in the Basement, December 2022
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The Wintringham Mystery, February 2022
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Jumping Jenny
Anthony Berkeley

British Library Crime Classics
Poisoned Pen Press
January 2023
On Sale: January 17, 2023
Featuring: Sheringham
288 pages
ISBN: 1728267579
EAN: 9781728267579
Kindle: B09VYLTS6M
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Mystery Amateur Sleuth | Mystery Historical

Tightly paced and cleverly defying the conventions of the classic detective story, this 1933 novel remains a milestone of the inverted mystery subgenre. This edition includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger and Edgar ® Award-winning author Martin Edwards.

At a costume party with the dubious theme of "famous murderers and their victims," the know-it-all amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham is settled in for an evening of beer, small talk, and analyzing his companions. One guest in particular has caught his attention for her theatrics, and his theory that she might have several enemies among the partygoers proves true when she is found hanging from the "decorative" gallows on the roof terrace.

Noticing a key detail that could implicate a friend in the crime, Sheringham decides to meddle with the scene and unwittingly casts himself into jeopardy as the uncommonly thorough police investigation circles closer and closer to the truth

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