Portrait of a murderer : a Christmas crime story / Anne Meredith; with an introduction by Martin Edwards.

By:

Meredith, Anne [VerfasserIn.]

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Material type: Text

still images
text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0712352457
071235686X
9780712352451
9780712356862

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Fiction.

LOC classification:

PR6025.A438 M47 2017

Subject: Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931.Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, Kings Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been granted.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Executive Office - 2nd Floor General Collection	823.912 ME.P 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	0003761

Originally published in 1933 by Victor Gollancz.

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Adrian Gray was born in May 1862 and met his death through violence, at the hands of one of his own children, at Christmas, 1931.Thus begins a classic crime novel published in 1933, a riveting portrait of the psychology of a murderer. Each December, Adrian Gray invites his extended family to stay at his lonely house, Kings Poplars. None of Gray's six surviving children is fond of him; several have cause to wish him dead. The family gathers on Christmas Eve - and by the following morning, their wish has been granted.

1934.

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