The Long Night
1st Edition
Published on 28. September 2011
192 pages
978-1-4482-0286-7 (ISBN)
Description
A Phone call for Bowman at two a.m.... A honeyed, velvet voice of invitation... A trip across town in the small hours...A grim discovery in a swanky apartment...
From these tense beginnings, Hartley Howard-past-master of the suspense story-constructs a tight web of excitement, of sudden death, and of lovely women playing for
high stakes in an onrushing tale that will keep you enthralled until the very last page.
From these tense beginnings, Hartley Howard-past-master of the suspense story-constructs a tight web of excitement, of sudden death, and of lovely women playing for
high stakes in an onrushing tale that will keep you enthralled until the very last page.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4482-0286-7 (9781448202867)
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Person
Leo Ognall (1908-1979), who wrote several novels under the pseudonyms Harry Carmichael and Hartley Howard, was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist before starting his fiction career. He wrote over ninety novels before his death in 1979. Harry Carmichael's primary series, written from 1952-1978, The Piper and Quinn series included characters such as John Piper (an insurance assessor) and Quinn, a crime reporter. His other works include: The Glenn Bowman series, 1951-1979; The Philip Scott series, 1964-1967.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Chapter I Lady on the Phone
- Chapter II Ascent to Oblivion
- Chapter III Awake to Murder
- Chapter IV The Long Night
- Chapter V A Kind of Louse
- Chapter VI Beauty in the Parlour
- Chapter VII The Dead can Laugh
- Chapter VIII Odd Man Out
- Chapter IX Even More Odd
- Chapter X Gun Under the Pillow
- Chapter XI Strange Encounter
- Chapter XII The Silver Peacock
- Chapter XIII Nothing Explains Anything
- Chapter XIV Strychnine is More Permanent
- Chapter XV A Darn Funny Business
- Chapter XVI Two Bottles of Rye
- Chapter XVII Only Fools Pay
- Chapter XVIII In Case of Accident
- Chapter XIX Invitation to a Ride
- Chapter XX When You Play With Fire . . .
- Chapter XXI One Corpse Might Die
- Chapter XXII Into the Pit
- Chapter XXIII "See you in Hell . . ."
- Chapter XXIV The Lovely Hands of Death
- Imprint
