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Monte Verita was once the site of a famous avant-garde community attracting celebrities such as Isadora Duncan, Carl Jung and Thomas Mann. Legend has it that its leader had himself sealed in a grotto in the hillside; when it was unsealed, he had vanished.

It is now 1938, and nearby Ascona is hosting a conference on the locked room mystery. A number of the participants are secretly agents for the Great Powers, jockeying for position on the eve of World War II. One of them accepts a challenge to be sealed in the same grotto and escape, but before he can do so, he is himself the victim of a spectacular impossible crime.

Bill Pronzini, one of the current masters of the genre writes: ‘I enjoyed The Riddle of Monte Verita. The “impossible” situations are quite ingeniously devised, developed, and explained. The author’s knowledge and love of the genre are admirable, and his skill would certainly have been applauded by the undisputed master of the impossible crime story, John Dickson Carr.’

The author of this complex and elegantly written mystery has been honoured by the Acadamie Française and the Cannes Film Festival for his work. This is his first novel, and the fourth publication of Locked Room International, dedicated to bringing top-quality locked room and impossible crime stories to lovers of the genre. Previous books in this series: The Lord of Misrule, The Fourth Door, and The Seven Wonders of Crime, all by Paul Halter, France’s master of the impossible mystery. Planned for later in 2012: The Demon of Dartmoor and The Invisible Circle, both by Paul Halter, and The Killing Needle by Henri Cauvin. For more information contact pugmire1@yahoo.com

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  • 木海
    感谢翻译,比想象中好些。这个开头不是中文的话是挺难坚持下去…… 05-03
  • 豆友1695622
    如果早几天读到这本书,它绝对可以跻身我的年度Top 10榜单!这才是真正的脑残粉致敬作啊!一本书里neta了卡尔n部作品,还有一部名作(由于可能泄底,不方面在此透露)双重解答,一个是复杂美一个是简单美,虽然都是老梗但还是让人觉得非常出色,遗憾的是故事开头节奏稍微有些缓慢,不过很快出现了情节转折和我们熟悉的各种桥段,黄金时期的粉丝和卡尔粉丝必看!PS:感谢John Pugmire的翻译!12-31
  • 翱云
    Neta!Neta!整本的Neta!这才是NC粉该干的事!【简介:http://www.douban.com/note/364939949/】07-01
  • bobo
    非常非常typical的gold age style以及Carr type,各种要素基本都齐全了12-30
  • 此去经年
    粉丝的力量,这才是致敬啊05-23

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