HELLE & DEATH

Jensen, Oskar

ISBN 10: 1800811721 / ISBN 13: 9781800811720

Published by Viper, 2024

About this Item

Available is a SIGNED 1st ed/1st prtg (UK), w/ complete numberline to "1", of HELLE & DEATH by OSKAR JENSEN. Published in 2024 by Viper, book and mylar protected dust jacket are AS NEW. Original price of 16.99 lbs intact. The author has signed w/out inscription on title page. A perfect copy, SIGNED.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1758286778614

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HELLE & DEATH
• Publisher: Viper
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800811721
• ISBN 13: 9781800811720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

'A glorious debut' - SUNDAY EXPRESS
'An affectionate homage to classic murder mysteries' - DAILY MAIL
'Recommended reading for a long winter night' - GUARDIAN

A snowstorm. A country house. Old friends reunited.
It's going to be murder...

Torben Helle - art historian, Danish expat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers - has been dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. Things start to go sideways when their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, makes some shocking revelations at the dinner table. And when these are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits... and their trust.

Snowed in and cut off, surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, not to mention a peculiar last will and testament, suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic. As the temperature drops and the tension mounts, Torben decides to draw upon all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past in order to solve the mystery: how much money would it take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer? But he'd better be quick, or someone else might end up dead...

This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic country house whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.

'A witty repurposing of the Golden Age country house' - FINANCIAL TIMES
'An entertaining whodunnit in the classic Christie style' - MAIL ON SUNDAY
'A glorious feat that intrigues, surprises and delights' - JANICE HALLETT
'A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery' - J.M. HALL

About the Author

Oskar Jensen is an author and academic. He researches songs at Newcastle University, and has written scholarly tomes on Napoleon, ballad-singing, and most recently the London streets, with 2022's Vagabonds. He is a BBC New Generation Thinker, appearing frequently on Radios 3 and 4, as well as showing up in the New Statesman, on Who Do You Think You Are?, and as historical advisor for 2018's Vanity Fair and a forthcoming major motion picture. His debut adult novel, Helle and Death, was published in 2023.