Death Out Of Focus: Crime Connoisseur
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A vintage crime fiction novel, Death Out of Focus: Crime Connoisseur by Charles Whitman presents a stylish and suspenseful mystery steeped in the classic tradition of mid-century detective fiction. The narrative follows a discerning investigator with a refined taste for the finer things in life, whose sharp eye for detail proves just as useful in unraveling murder as it is in appreciating art, culture, and sophistication. Whitman crafts a tone that is at once witty and atmospheric, blending drawing-room elegance with the gritty undercurrents of crime. The plot uncovers a web of deception where appearances are meticulously constructed to mislead, and only a true connoisseur of human nature can see through the carefully staged facade. Fans of classic whodunits and golden-age mystery fiction will find this an engaging and cleverly plotted entry in the genre.
Author: Charles Whitman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Cassell - London
Genre: Crime fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
A vintage crime fiction novel, Death Out of Focus: Crime Connoisseur by Charles Whitman presents a stylish and suspenseful mystery steeped in the classic tradition of mid-century detective fiction. The narrative follows a discerning investigator with a refined taste for the finer things in life, whose sharp eye for detail proves just as useful in unraveling murder as it is in appreciating art, culture, and sophistication. Whitman crafts a tone that is at once witty and atmospheric, blending drawing-room elegance with the gritty undercurrents of crime. The plot uncovers a web of deception where appearances are meticulously constructed to mislead, and only a true connoisseur of human nature can see through the carefully staged facade. Fans of classic whodunits and golden-age mystery fiction will find this an engaging and cleverly plotted entry in the genre.