The House Of The Arrow, A. E. W. Mason
The House Of The Arrow, A. E. W. Mason
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The House Of The Arrow

Author: A. E. W. Mason

Narrator: Geoffrey Giuliano, The Orb

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/07/2022

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Crime

Synopsis

A young English girl is accused in Dijon of murdering her French aunt. Hanaud to the rescue! Inspector Hanaud is a member of the French Sûreté. He is said to have been the model for Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, as well as the opposite of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. In 1910, Mason undertook to create a fictional detective as different as possible from Sherlock Holmes, who had recently been resuscitated after his supposed death by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1903. Inspector Gabriel Hanaud was stout, not gaunt like Holmes; a professional policeman, not a gentleman amateur; from the French Sûreté, not Victorian England; and relying on psychological insights rather than physical evidence. His "Watson" is a retired London banker named Mr. Julius Ricardo, though he appears only briefly in this novel.

About A. E. W. Mason

A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948) was born in Dulwich, England. A graduate of Oxford, he was first a professional actor before becoming a playwright. When he turned to writing fiction, he proved to be a versatile and prolific author, excelling at historical fiction, adventure fiction, social melodrama, and crime fiction. He is perhaps best remembered today for his tales of adventure and detection, often set in exotic locales.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Haiiro on May 12, 2019

#2018ReadingChallenge #nonPopSugar Một cuốn trinh thám cổ điển đậm đặc hương vị trinh thám cổ điển: từ cách tạo hình tính cách nhân vật, cách thoại cho đến tình huống truyện. Ông thám tử Hanaud có hơi gợi tôi nhớ đến ông Poirot trứ danh một chút, nhưng chính ông cũng có những nét tính cách rất riêng......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on September 19, 2019

[URL not allowed] Fourteen years prior to publishing The House of the Arrow, writer A.E.W. Mason had first introduced to the mystery/crime-reading world his somewhat eccentric detective Inspector Hanaud of the Sûreté in his At the Villa Rose. That one I just liked on an "okay"......more

Goodreads review by Francis on July 28, 2012

A.E.W. Mason if often neglected when it comes to the history of detectives stories, which is sad. Because the old boy certainly did write a few excellent whodunits and this is one of them.......more

Goodreads review by Bev on September 01, 2016

Boris Waberski, brother-in-law of the wealthy widow Mrs. Harlowe, is quite certain that he will be the heir when the ailing woman finally passes away. He's so certain that he sends a letter to her English solicitors pleading for an advance on his expectations. But Frobisher & Haslitt know that Monsi......more

Goodreads review by Giada on December 13, 2019

Nella Maison Grenelle, dopo strani avvenimenti, la ricca signora Harlowe viene trovata morta, apparentemente in modo naturale. Ma, molti dettagli fanno pensare ad un omicidio. La persona più sospetta è Boris Wabersky, il quale accusa a sua volta la nipote acquisita della donna, Betty Harlowe. In suo......more

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