Trent's Last Case.E.C. Bentley. 1913/2001. Read by John Richmond John Richmond refers to one of several people:
Philip Trent, ace reporter, first appeared in 1913. As Dorothy Sayers says in her introduction, the book has "unusual brilliance and charm." Written in reaction to the Sherlock A Macintosh utility starting with Version 8.5 of the operating system that provides a common facility for searching the local hard disk, the local network and the Internet. Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Trent's Last Case Trent's Last Case is a detective novel written by E. C. Bentley and first published in 1913. Plot summary Trent's Last Case is actually the first novel in which gentleman sleuth Philip Trent appears. was in its day an influential book written by an educated man, a classic of detective fiction Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. Detective fiction is the most popular form of both mystery fiction and hardboiled crime fiction. . True, the style is dated and a challenge to the modern reader because the story is 90% conversation. The plot concerns the murder of a ruthless American millionaire, a thoroughly bad piece of work with many enemies. His wife is suspected but the real solution is a neat trick. Today's young listeners will find the word "nigger nig·ger n. Offensive Slang 1. a. Used as a disparaging term for a Black person: "You can only be destroyed by believing that you really are what the white world calls a nigger" ," used three times, an offense, but a typical example of this old-fashioned book. Trent even uses a new technique--fingerprints. John Richmond gives the story the full-voiced treatment, with English accents and a nice lightening in tone for the beautiful widow. Recommended to mystery fans, though the style is difficult. Janet Julian, Retired English Teacher, Grafton, MA |
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