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Weekend at Thrackley

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Weekend at Thrackley
AuthorAlan Melville
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective
PublisherSkeffington & Son
Publication date
1934
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages240

Weekend at Thrackley is a 1934 detective novel by the British writer Alan Melville.[1] A whodunit with comic overtones, it takes the form of a country house mystery, a genre at its height during the decade. His debut novel, it was a commercial success and led to him giving up his job in the timber trade to become a full-time writer. It was reissued in 2018 by the British Library Publishing, as part of a group of crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.

Synopsis

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Jim Henderson is one of six guests invited by Edwin Carson, an avid collector of precious gems to his gloomy country estate at Thrackley.

Film adaptation

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In 1952 it was adapted into the film Hot Ice directed by Kenneth Hume and starring John Justin, Barbara Murray and Ivor Barnard.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Hubin p.282
  2. ^ Goble p.321
  3. ^ Clinton p.200

Bibliography

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  • Clinton, Franz Anthony. British Thrillers, 1950-1979: 845 Films of Suspense, Mystery, Murder and Espionage. McFarland, 2020.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.