Obelists At Sea
$23.05
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
C. Daly King’s debut mystery is a forgotten Golden Age classic – a puzzling murder mystery set aboard a luxury transatlantic liner, the perfect holiday read.
‘Unusually puzzling… highly enthralling’ - New York Times
The lights go off aboard the luxury transatlantic cruise liner, Meganaut, as it makes its way from New York to Paris. In the darkness, a gunshot rings out. And when the light is restored, a man is found dead in the smoking room.
But the situation b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804999493 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804999490 |
| Author: | C. Daly King, Martin Edwards |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
‘Unusually puzzling … highly enthralling’ * New York Times *
‘Ingenious … a delightful Golden Age return.’ * Booklist *
About The Author
C. Daly King
C. Daly King
C. Daly King (1895-1963) was an American psychologist and detective story writer. He was born in New York City and educated at Yale University. After fighting in World War I, he worked in textiles and in advertising before returning to school to study psychology, with a particular focus on sleep and consciousness. In the 1930s, King published nine books that quickly established him as a master of the Golden Age mystery, but ceased writing fiction with the advent of World War II.
Martin Edwards
Martin Edwards is the author of numerous mystery novels and short stories, including those in the Lake District Mysteries and Rachel Savernake Golden Age Mysteries series. His nonfiction work has won Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards, and he was the recipient of the 2020 Diamond Dagger award for lifetime achievement. A renowned expert in the genre, Edwards is the series consultant for the British Library’s Crime Classics series, the archivist for the Crime Writers Association and the Detection Club, and the editor of 37 anthologies. He lives in Lymm.
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