weekend, thrackley, 1934, detective, novel, british, writer, alan, melville, whodunit, with, comic, overtones, takes, form, country, house, mystery, genre, height, during, decade, debut, novel, commercial, success, giving, timber, trade, become, full, time, wr. Weekend at Thrackley is a 1934 detective novel by the British writer Alan Melville 1 A whodunit with comic overtones it takes the form of a country house mystery a genre at its height during the decade His debut novel it was a commercial success and led to him giving up his job in the timber trade to become a full time writer It was reissued in 2018 by the British Library Publishing as part of a group of crime novels from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction Weekend at ThrackleyAuthorAlan MelvilleCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenreDetectivePublisherSkeffington amp SonPublication date1934Media typePrintPages240 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Film adaptation 3 References 4 BibliographySynopsis editJim Henderson is one of six guests invited by Edwin Carson an avid collector of precious gems to his gloomy country estate at Thrackley Film adaptation editIn 1952 it was adapted into the film Hot Ice directed by Kenneth Hume and starring John Justin Barbara Murray and Ivor Barnard 2 3 References edit Hubin p 282 Goble p 321 Clinton p 200Bibliography editClinton Franz Anthony British Thrillers 1950 1979 845 Films of Suspense Mystery Murder and Espionage McFarland 2020 Goble Alan The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film Walter de Gruyter 1999 Hubin Allen J Crime Fiction 1749 1980 A Comprehensive Bibliography Garland Publishing 1984 nbsp This article about a crime novel of the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weekend at Thrackley amp oldid 1106520289, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
