Murder in the Night (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Case of Double IdentityBy Arthur Gask
Length7h 50m
About this audiobook
Arthur Gask's Murder in the Night is a tightly plotted work of Golden Age detective fiction, built around the unsettling drama of crime committed under cover of darkness. Combining brisk narrative movement with careful clueing, the novel balances sensational incident with the rational satisfactions of investigation. Its style is direct, atmospheric, and suspenseful, reflecting the interwar taste for ingenious murder puzzles while retaining a distinctly popular, page-turning energy. Gask, a British-born writer who settled in Australia and worked for many years as a dentist, brought to his fiction an unusual mixture of professional discipline and narrative imagination. His practical eye for human behavior, social respectability, and concealed motives informs the moral texture of his mysteries. Writing in the same broad tradition as the classic detective novel, he nevertheless developed a vigorous voice shaped by colonial settings, middle-class anxieties, and a fascination with criminal psychology. Murder in the Night is recommended for readers who enjoy traditional mysteries where atmosphere, suspicion, and deduction work in concert. It will particularly appeal to admirers of early twentieth-century crime fiction seeking a confident, entertaining, and historically revealing example of the genre.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length7 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 6, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Shrieking Pit (Annotated)
11CHAPTER X.—THE LAST CRIME OF WACKS.
2CHAPTER I.—A CITY OF FEAR.
12CHAPTER XI.—THE DAY AFTER.
3CHAPTER II.—MY EARLY DAYS.
13CHAPTER XII.—I AM SUSPECTED.
4CHAPTER III.—THE POT OF RED PASTE.
14CHAPTER XIII.—THE NEW MURDERER.
5CHAPTER IV.—THE FIRST CRIME.
15CHAPTER XIV.—IN THE HOSPITAL.
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6CHAPTER V.—THE DEATH OF POLICEMAN HOLTHUSEN.
16CHAPTER XV.—OUR WEDDING.
7CHAPTER VI.—THE ROUSING OF THE CITY.
17CHAPTER XVI.—A GREAT EVANGELIST.
8CHAPTER VII.—AT THE RACES
18CHAPTER XVII.—SIX YEARS AFTER.
9CHAPTER VIII.—SPECIAL CONSTABLE PETER WACKS.
19Memorable Quotes
10CHAPTER IX.—THE GRAVEL PIT.
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