Miss Jane Marple travels to London for a holiday at Bertram’s Hotel, a preserved relic of Edwardian elegance that seems suspiciously immune to the post-war world. While the guests enjoy seed cake and impeccable service, the atmosphere shifts when an absent-minded clergyman, Canon Pennyfather, disappears on his way to an airport. The disappearance links the hotel to a series of daring robberies across the city. Chief Inspector Davy investigates the establishment, suspecting that the traditional facade conceals a highly organized criminal syndicate using the location as a base for high-stakes larceny and identity deception.
This book serves readers interested in the tension between nostalgic aesthetics and modern criminal reality. It attracts those who enjoy identifying social performance and the logistical details of elaborate deceptions. Readers finish the story with an understanding of how criminals exploit a public desire for the past to mask contemporary illegal operations. It offers a study of how sensory details like smell and decor can be manipulated to lull observers into a false sense of security while a crime is committed in plain sight.
Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1965
- Language
- EN
