The Orange Axe
by brian flynn
“As you seem to be indicating a spot of murder—well—let’s have the facts.”
Description
“As you seem to be indicating a spot of murder—well—let’s have the facts.”
Major Daniel Wyatt gathers a group of six people together in the back room of a London restaurant. All are acquainted with André de Ravenac – a known blackmailer, but most probably also a serial murderer. He is currently threatening to destroy the life of a woman they all care for. Hence a plan is hatched to assassinate De Ravenac at a masked ball – and once all of the men agree, lots are drawn. Each is assigned a random role in the plan – as they are all of roughly the same build and will be wearing masks, nobody will know which of them is the man who carries out the fatal blow . . .
The Orange Axe, the ninth Anthony Bathurst mystery, was originally published in 1931. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.
Bibliographic Data
Category: Crime Fiction
Publication Date: October 2019
Territories: World English
ISBN: 978 1 913054 51 9 (paperback)/978 1 913054 52 6 (ebook)