"The murder is by arsenic; and although the number of suspects is strictly limited the construction is so ingenious that to attain the correct solution of the problem requires all the reader's concentration; to skip is fatal." Times Literary Supplement, 1938John Waterhouse has died of some gastric complication. Exhumed at his brother's request, it transpires that he has been killed by arsenical poisoning, though nobody in the sleepy village of Anneypenny seems to have had a reason ...

William, the gardener at Layton Court, was a man of melancholy deliberation. It did not pay, William held, to rush things; especially the important things of life, such as the removal of greenfly from roses. Before action was taken, the matter should be studied, carefully and unhappily, from every possible point of view, particularly the worst. On this summer’s morning William had been gazing despondently at the roses for just over three quarters of an hour. Pretty soon now he would feel h...

Step into the brilliant and somewhat irreverent world of Roger Sheringham with The Collection Roger Sheringham Mysteries – 6‑Volume Illustrated Set. This sumptuous illustrated edition gathers six of Anthony Berkeley’s most cunning and atmospheric detective novels, featuring his gentleman sleuth Roger Sheringham. Each volume is a self‑contained puzzle, showcasing Berkeley’s wit, ingenuity, and mastery of the Golden Age mystery. The journey begins with The Layton Court Mystery (1925), in whi...

"The Classic Collection of Anthony Berkeley: Illustrated" presents a curated selection of iconic works by the esteemed British crime fiction writer Anthony Berkeley. This anthology includes illustrated editions of some of Berkeley's most notable mysteries, such as "The Layton Court Mystery," "The Wychford Poisoning Case," "The at Lovers Cove," "The Silk Stocking Murders," and several others. In "The Layton Court Mystery," readers are drawn into a web of intrigue surrounding a perplexing mu...

The noted amateur detective Roger Sheringham has formed his own private club of criminologists. As a challenge, he proposes that they individually attempt to solve a murder that has baffled Scotland Yard: the death of wealthy businessman Graham Bendix's wife after he presented her a box of poisoned chocolates.Rather than converging on a single criminal, each of the six members of the Crimes Circle arrives at a completely different solution to the same murder.Anthony Berkele...

"Detection and crime at its wittiest—all Berkeley's stories are amusing, intriguing and he is a master of the final twist." —Agatha ChristieIn this classic Golden Age British mystery, Anthony Berkeley—the renowned author of the Roger Sheringham series—delivers a tense political thriller that starts with a shocking assassination . . .The House of Commons has been breached in the most unthinkable manner. In the middle of his speech introducing a controversial...

As the novel opens, the sparkling and witty Roger Sheringham has been asked by the Daily Courier to visit Hampshire to report on an apparent murder in the small seaside town of Ludmouth Bay. With him he takes his cousin Anthony Walton. "Although there were more than ten years between the cousins (Roger was now thirty-six, Anthony a bare twenty-five), they had always been good friends, and that also in spite of the fact that they had scarcely a taste or a feeling in common." The two of them...

Republished for the first time in nearly 95 years, a classic winter country house mystery by the founder of the Detection Club, with a twist that even Agatha Christie couldn’t solve!Stephen Munro, a demobbed army officer, reconciles himself to taking a job as a footman to make ends meet. Employed at Wintringham Hall, the delightful but decaying Sussex country residence of the elderly Lady Susan Carey, his first task entails welcoming her eccentric guests to a weeke...

In 'The Amateur Crime,' Anthony Berkeley masterfully weaves a complex narrative that delves into the psyche of an amateur detective confronted with the chaotic underbelly of the criminal world. Set against the backdrop of the early 20th-century England, the novel employs a sharp, ironic literary style characteristic of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Berkeley's clever use of misdirection and his intricate plotting invites readers to engage in a cerebral game of deduction, all while ex...

A ROGER SHERINGHAM MYSTERY. Detective writer John Hillyard is entertaining a small house party at Minton Deeps Farm when a shocking accident takes place. Shortly after enacting a murder drama for their own amusement, the guests are returning to the house when Eric Scott Davies, the man who played victim, is found dead after two gunshots go off. The police suspect murder, but when Roger Sheringham is summoned from London it is not by Superintendent Hancock but by one of the guests. In a web...

First published in 1929, ''The Piccadilly Murder'' by Anthony Berkeley features the popular amateur sleuth, Roger Sheringham. Sheringham investigates the death of a man in a London tea shop, initially thought to be a heart attack but soon revealed to involve foul play. True to Berkeley's style, the story unfolds with wit, sharp dialogue, and a focus on psychological depth. Berkeley's hallmark is his ability to play with conventional mystery tropes, offering surprises and a sometimes unconv...

"A witty and tricky plot and a genuinely shocking conclusion."—Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewA mystery dinner theater party thrown by local author with a taste "for rather gruesome humor" requires guests come dressed as infamous killers—Jack the Ripper, Dr. Crippen, and the like. Whatever could go wrong?Know-it-all amateur criminologist Roger Sheringham settles in for an evening of beer, small talk, and analyzing his companions....