{"product_id":"the-notting-hill-mystery-9781464204807","title":"The Notting Hill Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book is both utterly of its time and utterly ahead of it.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Notting Hill Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e was first published between 1862 and 1863 as an eight-part serial in the magazine \u003cem\u003eOnce a Week\u003c\/em\u003e. Widely acknowledged as the first detective novel, the story is told by insurance investigator Ralph Henderson, who is building a case against the sinister Baron R--, who is suspected of murdering his wife. Henderson descends into a maze of intrigue including a diabolical mesmerist, kidnapping by gypsies, slow-poisoners, a rich uncle's will and three murders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented in the form of diary entries, letters, chemical analysis reports, interviews with witnesses and a crime scene map, the novel displays innovative techniques that would not become common features of detective fiction until the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHARLES WARREN ADAMS \u003c\/strong\u003ewas a journalist, traveller, lawyer and sole proprietor of the firm Saunders, Otley \u0026amp; Co, which published \u003cem\u003eOnce a Week\u003c\/em\u003e, the magazine in which \u003cem\u003eThe Notting Hill Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e was first published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527624855826,"sku":"9781464204807","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_22be8935-e3c8-429d-a44d-dee4bdfaa79b.jpg?v=1731309120","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-notting-hill-mystery-9781464204807","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}