«Una verdadera obra maestra. Estoy segura de que es la única historia detectivesca de este siglo que pasará a la posteridad como un clásico».DOROTHY L. SAYERS«Una de las tres mejores novelas de detectives jamás escritas».AGATHA CHRISTIE«Una deliciosa obra maestra, irónica y desconcertante, escrita por un gran amigo de Chesterton».FERNANDO SAVATER«Una obra maestra del género, escrita en estilo elegante y con un estupendo estudio de caracteres....

Twelve stories from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case.Philip Trent is an artist, a journalist, and an urbane unraveller of highly problematical crimes. Here the unshakable sleuth appears in twelve tales of misadventure, where the crimes that he investigates range from fraud and embezzlement to criminal assault and murder, yet they all succumb to his adept methods even if the criminal sometimes escapes.Trent Inte...

The second novel from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case.James Randolph is murdered early one evening and his body is found a few hours later. When the police arrive they discover that Randolph's safe has been ransacked and discarded wrapping paper litters his bedroom floor.Perhaps by chance or perhaps by design, Trent seems to have been the last person, other than the murderer, to see Randolph alive. But this is...

“Another gripping novel from Classic Detective Presents”…Trent's Last Case is a detective novel written by E.C. Bentley and first published in 1913. Its central character reappeared subsequently in the novel Trent's Own Case (1936) and the short-story collection Trent Intervenes (1938).Trent's Last Case is actually the first novel in which gentleman sleuth Philip Trent appears. The novel is a whodunit with a place in detective fiction history because it is the first major s...

Quizá por casualidad o por obra del destino, el artista y detective aficionado Philip Trent se ve envuelto en la muerte del filántropo James Randolph, pues tras recibir el encargo de pintar su retrato, ha sido la última persona, aparte del asesino, en verlo con vida. Pero este es solo uno de los varios hilos que conectan a Trent con el suceso: su querido inspector Bligh está a cargo del caso y, además, otro viejo amigo suyo lo deja perplejo al confesarse culpable del crimen. La desaparició...

«Para recomendar este libro basta con decir que Trent en pequeñas dosis es, como mínimo, igual de bueno que Trent en sus versiones más largas».Saturday Review of LiteratureEn 1938, el novelista E. C. Bentley decidió recoger en un solo volumen todos los relatos protagonizados por su más famosa e irrepetible creación literaria: el artista y detective aficionado Philip Trent. El resultado fue una variada y entretenidísima colección de trece historias —entre las que de...

En 1938, el novelista E. C. Bentley decidió recoger en un solo volumen todos los relatos protagonizados por su más famosa e irrepetible creación literaria: el artista y detective aficionado Philip Trent. El resultado fue una variada y entretenidísima colección de trece historias —entre las que destaca especialmente El golpe estupendo, incluida a menudo en las antologías de las mejores muestras del género— que van desde el fraude y la malversación hasta el asalto y el crimen y que ...

Written in reaction to what Bentley perceived as the sterility and artificiality of the detective fiction of his day, Trent's Last Case features Philip Trent, an all-too-human detective who not only falls in love with the chief suspect but reaches a brilliant conclusion that is totally wrong.Trent’s Last Case begins when millionaire American financier Sigsbee Manderson is murdered while on holiday in England. A London newspaper sends Trent to investigate, and he is soon matching wi...

When the Wall Street giant Sigsbee Manderson is found dead, the local newspaper sends in Philip Trent, its favorite contract journalist/amateur detective, to investigate and report on the case. Trent encounters a paucity of facts on the ground, but the ones he does find leads him to a conclusion he's unsure of how to handle.E. C. Bentley was a close friend of G. K. Chesterton, to whom he dedicated this book (in response to Chesterton's dedicating The Man Who Was Thursday to him). T...

The story follows the investigation of a mysterious and dangerous criminal organization known as the "Black League" by the protagonist, Philip Trent, who is a private investigator. The title, "The Woman in Black," refers to a key figure in the organization who plays a significant role in the plot.E. C. Bentley was a British author known for his detective fiction, particularly his creation of Philip Trent, one of the early examples of the amateur sleuth in detective literature. "The Woman i...

The story features Philip Trent, a talented and unconventional artist who also works as an amateur detective. Trent is called upon to investigate a complex murder case involving the death of a wealthy financier, Sigsbee Manderson. The case initially appears straightforward, with all evidence pointing to Manderson's wife as the prime suspect. However, as Trent delves deeper into the investigation, he uncovers a web of deceit, hidden motives, and surprising twists that challenge his deductiv...

The second novel from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case.James Randolph is murdered early one evening and his body is found a few hours later. When the police arrive they discover that Randolph's safe has been ransacked and discarded wrapping paper litters his bedroom floor.Perhaps by chance or perhaps by design, Trent seems to have been the last person, other than the murderer, to see Randolph alive. But this is...