The Cinema Murder
E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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Description
E. Phillips Oppenheim wrote this mystery, dated 1917, opening Book I at a small country station. The afternoon train from London grinds into Detton Magna with much fuss and steam. An elderly porter puts on his coat and comes out of the small red-brick lamp room on his usual hopeless errand.
The station master scans the closed, streaming windows with an expectancy dulled by daily disappointment. Passengers seldom alight here, and this day breaks no record. One young man steps onto the wet, flinty platform and hands over half of a third-class return ticket from London. He wears no overcoat, turning up the collar of a well-worn blue serge coat against the rain. He climbs the long ascent into town through a cheerless landscape. Oppenheim sets a drab arrival before the cinema crime of the title enters.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 406 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |